35That interpretation of Article 124(1)(e) of the Union Customs Code is consistent with the objectives pursued by that code, including, in particular, the establishment of an appropriate level of effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties throughout the internal market, for the purposes of protecting the financial interests of the European Union, within the meaning of recitals 11 and 23 of that code.
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