In light of the principle of proportionality, a distinction should be made between cases where it is possible to impose a financial penalty as an alternative to exclusion, on the one hand, and cases where the gravity of the conduct of the recipient concerned in respect of attempting to unduly obtain Union funds justifies the imposition of a financial penalty in addition to the exclusion so as to ensure a deterrent effect, on the other.
I bhfianaise phrionsabal na comhréireachta, ba cheart idirdhealú a dhéanamh idir na cásanna sin ina ndéanfar pionós airgeadais a fhorchur seachas eisiamh a dhéanamh, ar thaobh amháin, agus na cásanna inarb amhlaidh, de bharr a thromchúisí atá iompar an fhaighteora lena mbaineann i leith iarracht a dhéanamh cistí de chuid an Aontais a fháil go míchuí, go mbeidh bonn cirt le pionós airgeadais a fhorchur de bhreis ar an eisiamh chun éifeacht dhíspreagthach a áirithiú, ar an taobh eile.