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Article 324

The specific objectives referred to in Article 264 , to be achieved by the Portuguese Republic during the first stage in the pigmeat sector , shall be as follows :

( a ) elimination of the JNPP as a State body at the end of the first stage , and the progressive liberalization of domestic trade , imports and exports with a view to ensuring a system of free competition and free access to the Portuguese market ;

( b ) creation of an intervention body and formation of a material and human infrastructure facilitating intervention operations , adapted to the new conditions of the Portuguese market ;

( c ) free formation of prices on representative markets to be established ;

( d ) creation of an information service on agricultural markets in order to record prices and the appropriate training of the administrative departments , which are indispensable to the smooth functioning of the common organization of markets ;

( e ) implementation of measures intended to promote the modernization of production , processing and marketing structures aiming at better profitablility for the sector ;

( f ) pursuit and intensification of the campaign against African swine fever and in particular the development of closed circuit production units .