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Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)#Part Three: Community policies#Title II: Agriculture#Article 34#Article 40 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)#Article 40 - EEC Treaty
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)
Part Three: Community policies
Title II: Agriculture
Article 34
Article 40 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
Article 40 - EEC Treaty
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version)
Part Three: Community policies
Title II: Agriculture
Article 34
Article 40 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version)
Article 40 - EEC Treaty
OJ C 325, 24.12.2002, p. 49–49
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
In force
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) - Part Three: Community policies - Title II: Agriculture - Article 34 - Article 40 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) - Article 40 - EEC Treaty
Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0049 - 0049
Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0191 - Consolidated version
Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0018 - Consolidated version
(EEC Treaty - no official publication available)
Treaty establishing the European Community (Nice consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title II: Agriculture Article 34 Article 40 - EC Treaty (Maastricht consolidated version) Article 40 - EEC Treaty Article 34 1. In order to attain the objectives set out in Article 33, a common organisation of agricultural markets shall be established. This organisation shall take one of the following forms, depending on the product concerned: (a) common rules on competition; (b) compulsory coordination of the various national market organisations; (c) a European market organisation. 2. The common organisation established in accordance with paragraph 1 may include all measures required to attain the objectives set out in Article 33, in particular regulation of prices, aids for the production and marketing of the various products, storage and carryover arrangements and common machinery for stabilising imports or exports. The common organisation shall be limited to pursuit of the objectives set out in Article 33 and shall exclude any discrimination between producers or consumers within the Community. Any common price policy shall be based on common criteria and uniform methods of calculation. 3. In order to enable the common organisation referred to in paragraph 1 to attain its objectives, one or more agricultural guidance and guarantee funds may be set up.