Secondly, to maintain the structural balance of the markets in sugar at a price level close to the reference price, it should be possible for the Commission to decide to withdraw sugar from the market for as long as it takes for the market to rebalance.

If the system is consequently implemented alone, a balanced market should be achieved, but only in the medium to long term, and probably only after a major crisis in the sector leading to a massive adjustment process.

Whereas the access for direct landing by fishing vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a third country must not impair the market balance sought for certain products by means of the price mechanisms introduced as part of the market organization; whereas sales of these products must therefore respect price levels set by the Community;

Whereas, in order to ensure better market balances, a new support system has to be established; whereas the best way to achieve this objective is to approximate the Community prices of certain arable crops to the prices of the world market and to compensate the loss of income caused by the reduction of the institutional prices by a compensatory payment for producers who sow such products; whereas therefore the area eligible should be restricted to the area down to arable crops or publicly funded set aside in the past; whereas application of this principle at the level of the individual producer would give rise to problems which differ ...[+++] between Member States; whereas therefore the Member States should have the opportunity to choose between individual past references and regional ones in the light of their specific circumstances;

Whereas the creation of a single Community market for beef and veal involves the introduction of a single trading system at the external frontiers of the Community ; whereas a trading system including import duties and export refunds, combined with intervention measures, also serves to stabilise the Community market, in particular by preventing price fluctuations on the world market from affecting prices ruling within the Community ; whereas it is necessary, however, to make provision for adding to this import duty a levy designed to ensure market equilibrium when pric ...[+++]es in the Community fall below a certain level;

Whereas skimmed milk powder should be remarketed under such conditions as will not disturb the balance of the market and the seasonal carry-over should be allowed to continue by means of a voluntary storage arrangement ; whereas a seasonal price difference is likely to encourage producers and users of skimmed milk powder to choose this kind of storage ; whereas account should be taken of these price movements during the milk year when the selling price of the product held by the intervention agencies is fixed;