Lardinois, P.J.

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SilliiJ\Lli.RY OF A SPEECH BY HR P. J. LARDINOIS 7 lVI:SI<c'IBl~R OF THE 
COl\'liViiSSION OF THE EUROPEA;:,T COJi;JI,mNITIES, AT THE CONGRESS 
OF THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUNG FARMERS, A'i' CAEH OIJ 
4 JUNE 1)7) 
In the Common Agric1.l_}hiral Polic~r stability takes precedence over speculation. 
It was with this central theme that Mr Lardinois, at the Gongress of Ycn::.ng Far-
mers, answered criticisms levelled at the agricultural policy and in particular 
at the management of mar::ets, stressing the challenges for the Commotl Agricultur:-•J. 
Policy constitu.ted by the great instalJili ty of our era in nearly an spheres (mo-
netary problems, pro:Jlems of inflation, energy, expansi-:n 1 'tiorld markets, etc.). 
~.Tr Lardinois 1.:nderlined the stabi lizL:g role played by this policy, 
IJionete1r;r ,ProblE?.,rp~ 
In I!lr Lardine>is 's vievv these pr-C>blems CCJUld have mec,nt the end of the Common Agri-
cultural Policy (CAP), In spite of them it had been possible to co;1solidate agri-·· 
c•.'lturaJ. policy, l2,rgel;y trl ne'.'tralize the c1irect effects of cha:1ges in parities, 
to maintain the commo:1 price system despite varying rates of inflation, to protect 
the free circulatio:1 of goocls ;Jy avoiding, amongst other thi11gs, the :,;:Jarti tiol1L1g 
of the Itc:.lian market anc:L to reduce the dra\vbacks of mcnctary compensatory amounts. 
Mr LardL10is expressed satisfaction with the iupending ret·Ltrn of France t·::> the 
11mo:1et ry snake'1 1 rninting out th2,t already monetary compensatory amJm1ts were 
no loc·1ger applied in French agricul t1,1ral trade. 
ptabili t;y: f()r 1n;.oducersJ.. 1Jut ~lso for co12.:3.Ume~s 
As far as the general economic climate Nas concerned the CAP had provided a cer-
tain stabihzatio•1 said Nr Lardincis. For producers 1 bygJ.ar9.nteeing, them minimPm 
prices; for consumers b;!r guaranteeing them supplies at staole prices, eve:;1 in an 
era in which world markets ivere ex"?eriencing shortage, 
He stressed the need for sCJJ.iclari ty between producers and c·oasumers by poL1ting 
out that there can be no solidarity in abundance ~Ji thoc1.t the same solidarity in 
times 'Jf shortage. According to the speaker, the be'.1efits Hhich consumers have 
been able to derive in recent years from the functionL;g •Jf the CAP have strength::ocl 
this policy: 11 I very much doubt whether without this improved 'image' of the CAP 
we wonld have been able to maintain the principles of ·Jl.lr policy vis-&t--vis e. 1n.rgs 
section of fellow citizens.'' 
Mr Larclinois assured producers of his support in their reiection of a limited 
EAGGF budget: ·'Agricultnre, 'lvith its many intangible fact:)rs, cannot worJ.: v;ith a 
restricted budget, If Sllch a ceiling were t•) be introch,ced 1 I would be the first 
to leo.ve.'1 However 1 he took e::cception to the critism that producers had not bene-
fitted enou.gh from increased prices on world markets, 'rhe discot,.ragement of enormmcs 
exports of cereals had not only been to the advantage ·.Jf consumers 1 bEt also to 
that of agricnlture itself, since two thirds of the cereals had been bou.ght b,y 
stock breeders. 
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.ill.ei.tJt}Jt_i,onal J2robl~ms; res:?onsib.ility_ of J?rvducers 
lVIr Lardinois ann01mced that he was in favou.r of an improved collaboration of far-
mers in the managemeTt of marl:ets in sectors such as eggs and poultry" Hovmver, 
he rejected demands for a thorough-going amendment of the insti h.ctional context. 
The division of responsi bil:i ties between Council and C'Jmmission and the manage-
ment comm:i ttee procednres workecl v·Iell a:1d any amendment '~'Tould risk '1sawj_ng off 
the branch on VJhich v·re are sittine;". 
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Still with regard to the managemeYJ.t of markets, VIr Lardic,ois stressed the need 
to guide prodv_ctio!'l much more towards quali tyo In the wii1e sector there was now 
a genera1_ readiness to accept proposaJ.s on these lL1es which the Commissio:1 WOCJ.J.d 
forward before the end of June, At the same time simi J.ar proposals worcld be made 
for wheat and colza • 
• Re)a_tion§l between the C?.,_,mr!]}lfl_i tx _cmcl th~_jjnite,d States 
Tlr!Ji.1g to the upheaval on vwrld markets the speaker stressed relations with the 
United States, on which the Commc.cni ty is and will remaiE extremely dependent 
for its supplies of fodder grain, rrhe soya crisia of 1)7 3 tac.J..ght us that we 
must pursue a policy of greater independence ancldemand better gv.ara~1tees from 
our trc;.ditional supplierso Unless there were firmer dz:J.ivery commitmcmts, the 
Commission ~'1ould have to diversify its sources of supply. He added that the pro-
blems which the Comm"Lmi ty had had in exporting cheese to the United States had 
not helped to create a c161;J c 1imate of confidence o 
M ..edi t_!3rra:nean do~sie:r:_ 
Mr L2vrdinois said that he was optimistic about reaching an agreement at the Agri-
.C'l'-1 turs,l Coc,:ncil of 23 and 21..). cTt.:.'1e on the Medi terranea~:( file, This agreement might 
include a series of cm1cessions coveri:..1g at lt"ast 70 / of agricuJ.tural exports from 
tl.1e Mediterrancc:m countries i!l. qcwstion and Mr Lardinois felt that this ivas the 
maximum that the Community could offer. He said that he was L1 favour of adeq<.lato 
protection of Communit;y prod<J.cers 1 for exampJ.e? by means of a:n effective appli-
cation of reference prices" 
Strs_c tur~lJ?o L~S.:X. 
Mr Lardinois remL:c:led the meeting of the .hesitant 'oegLming of structural policy 1 
which Has an osse:.1tial extension of market and price :x)licies 1 and insisted 0 11 the 
need f:Jr a close J.ink betwet:m structura,l policy, reginnal policy and social policy, 
'I'his wc;,s especially necessary for mom1kcin and ~1ill farming, ;:;.nd farming in less 
favoured areas. Special e,ic1. would h:we t,; be given, as the Commission proposed, 
to yuu.ng farmers, 1)ecause of the _;x:,rticulo,r burdens which they had to bear, 
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Rosurno d'u:n chscours de II. P.Jo LARDHTOIS 1 memore d.e 1a 
Commission des Comm1.mautcSs t.:mropconnes, a l 1 occasion du 
Congres clu Centre no.tional des Jennes htsriculteurs, Caen 1 
lG 4 juin 1975 
Dans la poli tiq1.w ar:,Ticole com;wmautccire, la stabi1i t8 pr(md le pas 
sur la speculation. C'ost p0.r co theme central que n. Lardinois, devant le 
Congres des JounGS agricultours, a r2pondu aux critiques faites a l'E:gard de 
la poli tiqw::; agriccle Gt notammcnt. 1 a l 1 egarcl de Ja gestion dGS marches o 
Relevi.Ult les defis pour la politiquo agricole commune quo constituent les 
gTandes instcibilit6s do notre •jpoque dans ·presque tcus les domaines (problemes 
mon6tairos, problemas d 1 inf1ation 1 cl'6ne.rgie 7 de 1'~1argissement, des marches 
monchaux, etco) 1 H. L2.rdincis a insist(:~ sur le role stabilisateur de cette 
poli t ique. 
Problemes monGtaires 
Sel on n. Lardinois :1 ces problZ:mes auraient pu signifier la fin de la 
politique agricole commune (PAC). l'Iais malgrc~ 2UX 1 la po1itique agricole a 
pu 8tre consolid.~e~ los in2idencos clirectes des ajustements des parit6s ont 
pu 8·tre 1argement neutralis:':es, le systeme des prix communs a 6t8 maintenu 
malgr6 des taux d' inflatiqn c~i vergents 1 la li bre r;irculation des marchandises 
a 6t6 sauvegarc16e en 6vitant entre autres le cloisonnement du march8 italien 7 
1es inconv6nients des montant~ compensatoires moncte,ires ont etc rcduits. n. 
Lardinois s I est fclj_ci tC O.U retour proqhain de la 7rance dans le "serpent mone-
tairelf, en rappelant que clcja, les oontants compense.coires monctaires ne sont 
plus appliques rl2~ns les 6che"nges agricoles fran9ais. 
Stabilitc £OUr les proclucteurs 1 mais 2ga1ement pour 1es consommateurs 
Quant au climat 6conorniquo gcn6r.c:l 1 la PAC a con+ l 1 i buc 2. une stabilisa-
tion certaine, a dit E. Lardinois. Pour les producteurs 1 en leur garantissant 
des prix minimai pour les. consornmateurs, en leur ge:crantissi.Ult 1 '::tpprovisionne-
ment a des prix stables' memo il, une 6poque oi\ les !"larches mondiaux 6taient 
caract 6ri s 8s pa.r la p<~nuri e. 
Il a mis en relief la n(cessit(; c~e solic!.aritC entre producteurs et 
consommateurs 9 en not ant qu 1 il ne peut pas y a voir una so1idari t6 dans 
l'abondance sans cettc mcr:ie solidaritt clans la p0nur:ie. Selon l 'orateur, les 
benefices que los consommateurs ont uu retircr ces dornieres e_nnees du fonction-
nement do la P!i.C ont rcnforcu cc.tte politique ·~ nJe cl_oute fort que so.,ns cette 
"image" arn~lior8c de J.a PAC 1 nons eussions pu mainterc.ir J.es principes de notre 
politiquo vis-3,-vis d'cm grand grou-pe de ncs conoitoyens". / 
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Summary of a speech by Mr. P.J. Lardinois, Member of the Commission of the European Communities, at the Congress of the National Centre for Young Farmers. Caen, 4 June, 1975

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TALSMANDENS  GRUPPE SPRECHER GRUPPE SPOKESMAN'S  GROUP GROUPE  DU  PORTE-PAROLE GRUPPO  DEL  pncTavnr~ BUREAU  VAN  DE  WOC PRESSE-MEDDELELSE ~ITTEILUNG AN  DIE  PRESSE 'RESS-RELEASE INFORMATION  A  LA  PRESSE INFORMAZIONE  ALLA  STAMPA MEDEDELING  AAN  DE  PERS Br:cssels 1  5  Jt.me  l.  T5 SilliiJ\Lli.RY  OF  A  SPEECH  BY  HR  P. J.  LARDINOIS 7  lVI:SI<c'IBl~R  OF  THE COl\'liViiSSION  OF  THE  EUROPEA;:,T  COJi;JI,mNITIES,  AT  THE  CONGRESS OF  THE  NATIONAL  CENTRE  FOR  YOUNG  FARMERS,  A'i'  CAEH  OIJ 4  JUNE  1)7) In the  Common  Agric1.l_}hiral  Polic~r stability takes  precedence  over  speculation. It was  with this central  theme  that  Mr  Lardinois,  at the Gongress  of  Ycn::.ng  Far-mers,  answered criticisms  levelled at  the agricultural policy and  in particular at the  management  of mar::ets,  stressing the  challenges for the  Commotl  Agricultur:-•J. Policy constitu.ted by  the great  instalJili  ty of our era in nearly an spheres  (mo-netary  problems,  pro:Jlems  of inflation,  energy,  expansi-:n 1  'tiorld markets,  etc.). ~.Tr  Lardinois  1.:nderlined the  stabi lizL:g role played  by this policy, IJionete1r;r  ,ProblE?.,rp~ In  I!lr  Lardine>is 's vievv  these  pr-C>blems  CCJUld  have  mec,nt  the  end  of the  Common  Agri-cultural Policy  (CAP),  In  spite  of them it had  been  possible to  co;1solidate agri-·· c•.'lturaJ.  policy,  l2,rgel;y  trl  ne'.'tralize the  c1irect  effects of cha:1ges  in parities, to maintain  the  commo:1  price  system despite  varying rates of inflation,  to protect the free  circulatio:1  of  goocls  ;Jy  avoiding,  amongst  other thi11gs,  the  :,;:Jarti tiol1L1g of the  Itc:.lian  market  anc:L  to  reduce  the  dra\vbacks  of mcnctary  compensatory  amounts. Mr  LardL10is  expressed  satisfaction with the  iupending  ret·Ltrn  of France  t·::>  the 11mo:1et  ry  snake'11  rninting out  th2,t  already monetary  compensatory amJm1ts  were no  loc·1ger  applied in French  agricul  t1,1ral  trade. ptabili  t;y:  f()r 1n;.oducersJ.. 1Jut  ~lso for  co12.:3.Ume~s As  far as the general  economic  climate  Nas  concerned the  CAP  had  provided a  cer-tain stabihzatio•1  said Nr  Lardincis.  For producers 1  bygJ.ar9.nteeing,  them  minimPm prices;  for  consumers  b;!r  guaranteeing  them  supplies at  staole prices,  eve:;1  in an era in which  world  markets  ivere  ex"?eriencing  shortage, He  stressed the  need  for  sCJJ.iclari ty between  producers  and  c·oasumers  by poL1ting out that there  can  be  no  solidarity in abundance  ~Ji  thoc1.t  the  same  solidarity in times  'Jf  shortage.  According to  the  speaker,  the be'.1efits  Hhich  consumers  have been  able  to derive  in recent years  from  the  functionL;g  •Jf  the  CAP  have  strength::ocl this policy: 11I  very  much  doubt  whether  without this  improved  'image'  of the  CAP we  wonld  have  been able  to maintain  the  principles of  ·Jl.lr  policy  vis-&t--vis  e.  1n.rgs section of fellow citizens.'' Mr  Larclinois  assured producers  of his support  in their reiection of a  limited EAGGF  budget:  ·'Agricultnre,  'lvith  its many  intangible fact:)rs,  cannot  worJ.:  v;ith a restricted budget,  If Sllch  a  ceiling were  t•)  be  introch,ced  1  I  would  be  the first to  leo.ve.'1  However 1  he  took  e::cception  to  the critism that  producers  had  not  bene-fitted enou.gh  from  increased prices  on  world markets,  'rhe  discot,.ragement  of  enormmcs exports  of cereals had  not  only been  to  the  advantage  ·.Jf  consumers  1  bEt  also to that  of agricnlture itself,  since  two  thirds of the cereals had  been  bou.ght  b,y stock breeders. 2 .ill.ei.tJt}Jt_i,onal  J2robl~ms;  res:?onsib.ility_ of J?rvducers lVIr  Lardinois  ann01mced  that he  was  in  favou.r  of an  improved collaboration of far-mers  in the  managemeTt  of marl:ets  in sectors  such as  eggs  and  poultry"  Hovmver, he  rejected demands  for  a  thorough-going  amendment  of the insti  h.ctional context. The  division of responsi  bil:i  ties between  Council  and  C'Jmmission  and  the manage-ment  comm:i ttee procednres  workecl  v·Iell  a:1d  any  amendment  '~'Tould  risk  '1sawj_ng  off the  branch  on  VJhich  v·re  are  sittine;". ~  t_y_J?.r.odl;.s_!j._ml Still with regard to the  managemeYJ.t  of markets,  VIr  Lardic,ois  stressed the need to guide  prodv_ctio!'l  much  more  towards  quali  tyo  In the  wii1e  sector there  was  now a  genera1_  readiness  to accept  proposaJ.s  on  these  lL1es  which  the  Commissio:1  WOCJ.J.d forward  before  the  end  of June,  At  the  same  time  simi  J.ar  proposals  worcld  be  made for  wheat  and  colza  • • Re)a_tion§l  between  the  C?.,_,mr!]}lfl_i tx _cmcl  th~_jjnite,d  States Tlr!Ji.1g  to  the  upheaval  on  vwrld markets  the  speaker  stressed relations with the United States,  on  which  the  Commc.cni ty is and  will  remaiE  extremely dependent for its supplies  of fodder grain,  rrhe  soya crisia  of  1)7  3  tac.J..ght  us that  we must pursue  a  policy of greater  independence  ancldemand  better  gv.ara~1tees from our  trc;.ditional  supplierso  Unless  there  were  firmer  dz:J.ivery  commitmcmts,  the Commission  ~'1ould have to diversify its sources  of  supply.  He  added that  the pro-blems  which  the  Comm"Lmi ty had  had  in exporting cheese  to  the  United States had not  helped to create a  c161;J  c 1imate  of confidence o M  ..  edi  t_!3rra:nean  do~sie:r:_ Mr  L2vrdinois  said that he  was  optimistic about  reaching an  agreement  at the Agri-.C'l'-1 turs,l  Coc,:ncil  of  23  and  21..).  cTt.:.'1e  on  the Medi  terranea~:( file,  This  agreement  might include  a  series of cm1cessions  coveri:..1g at  lt"ast  70  /  of agricuJ.tural exports  from tl.1e  Mediterrancc:m  countries  i!l. qcwstion  and Mr  Lardinois felt  that this ivas  the maximum  that the  Community  could offer.  He  said that  he  was  L1  favour  of adeq<.lato protection  of  Communit;y  prod<J.cers 1  for  exampJ.e?  by means  of a:n  effective appli-cation  of reference  prices" Strs_c  tur~lJ?o  L~S.:X. Mr  Lardinois  remL:c:led  the  meeting  of the .hesitant 'oegLming  of structural policy  1 which  Has  an  osse:.1tial  extension  of market  and  price :x)licies  1  and  insisted  0 11  the need  f:Jr  a  close  J.ink  betwet:m  structura,l policy,  reginnal policy and  social policy, 'I'his  wc;,s  especially necessary for  mom1kcin  and  ~1ill farming,  ;:;.nd  farming  in less favoured  areas.  Special  e,ic1.  would  h:we  t,; be  given,  as  the  Commission  proposed, to yuu.ng  farmers,  1)ecause  of the  _;x:,rticulo,r  burdens  which  they had to bear, KOMMISS!'ONEN  FOR DE  EUROP~ISKE F~LLESSKABERS- KOMMISSION  DER  EUROPAISCHEN  GEMEINSCHAFTE~ (75)  108' C0MMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES  - COMMISSION  DES  COMMUNAUTES  EUROPEENNES  -COMMISSIONE  DELLE  COMUNITA  EUROPEE  - COMMISSIE  VAN  DE  EUROPESE  GEMEENSCHAPPEN ••  ••••  ••  ••  • •  •  •••••••••••••••  •••  •• •  •  •••••••  •  •••  •  ••  •  •••  •••••••••••••••••  •  ••  •  •  • ••••  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . . .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  . .  . • •••  ••  •••  ••  •  •  ••  •  •••  •  ••  ••••  •••••• •  •  •  • •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •••  ••••••••••••••••  •  •  •  ••  •  •  •  •  •  • •  •  •••••••  • •  ••  •  •••••••••••••••  ••••  •  •  •  •  •  •••• •  • TALSMANDENS  GRUP~E SPREC·H  E  R  GRUPPE S,POKE.SMAN'S GROUPE  DU GRUPPO  DE' BUREAU  VAN  0[ GROU.P  PRESSE-MEDDELELSE MITTEILUNG  AN  DIE  PRESSE PRESS-RELEASE INFORMATION  A  LA  PRESSE ·_INFORMAZIONE  ALLA  STAMPA MEDEDELING  AAN  DE  PERS Br"LCxclles,  l:c  .5  juin 1975 Rosurno  d'u:n  chscours  de II.  P.Jo  LARDHTOIS 1  memore  d.e  1a Commission  des  Comm1.mautcSs  t.:mropconnes,  a l 1occasion du Congres  clu  Centre  no.tional  des  Jennes  htsriculteurs,  Caen1 lG  4  juin 1975 Dans  la poli  tiq1.w  ar:,Ticole  com;wmautccire,  la stabi1i  t8  pr(md le pas sur la speculation.  C'ost  p0.r  co  theme  central  que n.  Lardinois,  devant  le Congres  des  JounGS  agricultours,  a  r2pondu aux critiques faites a l'E:gard  de la poli  tiqw::;  agriccle  Gt  notammcnt.1  a l  1 egarcl  de  Ja  gestion  dGS  marches  o Relevi.Ult  les defis  pour la politiquo agricole  commune  quo  constituent les gTandes  instcibilit6s  do  notre  •jpoque  dans  ·presque tcus les  domaines  (problemes mon6tairos,  problemas  d 1inf1ation1  cl'6ne.rgie 7  de  1'~1argissement,  des  marches monchaux,  etco)  1  H.  L2.rdincis  a  insist(:~  sur le role stabilisateur de  cette poli  t ique. Problemes  monGtaires Sel on n.  Lardinois : 1  ces  problZ:mes  auraient  pu signifier la fin de la politique agricole  commune  (PAC).  l'Iais  malgrc~  2UX 1  la po1itique agricole  a pu 8tre  consolid.~e~  los  in2idencos  clirectes  des  ajustements  des  parit6s  ont pu  8·tre  1argement  neutralis:':es,  le systeme  des  prix communs  a  6t8 maintenu malgr6  des  taux d' inflatiqn  c~i vergents  1  la li  bre  r;irculation des  marchandises a  6t6  sauvegarc16e  en  6vitant  entre autres le cloisonnement  du march8  italien7 1es inconv6nients  des  montant~ compensatoires  moncte,ires  ont  etc rcduits. n. Lardinois  s I est  fclj_ci  tC  O.U  retour proqhain de la 7rance  dans  le  "serpent  mone-tairelf,  en rappelant  que  clcja,  les oontants  compense.coires  monctaires  ne  sont plus  appliques  rl2~ns  les  6che"nges  agricoles  fran9ais. Stabilitc  £OUr  les  proclucteurs 1  mais  2ga1ement  pour 1es  consommateurs Quant  au  climat  6conorniquo  gcn6r.c:l 1  la PAC  a  con+ l1 i buc  2.  une  stabilisa-tion certaine,  a  dit E.  Lardinois.  Pour les  producteurs 1  en leur garantissant des  prix minimai  pour  les. consornmateurs,  en leur ge:crantissi.Ult  1 '::tpprovisionne-ment  a des  prix stables'  memo  il,  une  6poque  oi\  les !"larches  mondiaux 6taient caract  6ri  s 8s  pa.r  la  p<~nuri  e. Il a  mis  en relief la n(cessit(;  c~e  solic!.aritC  entre  producteurs  et consommateurs  9  en not  ant  qu  1 il ne  peut  pas  y  a voir  una  so1idari  t6  dans l'abondance  sans  cettc mcr:ie  solidaritt  clans  la p0nur:ie.  Selon l 'orateur,  les benefices  que  los  consommateurs  ont  uu retircr ces  dornieres  e_nnees  du  fonction-nement  do la P!i.C  ont  rcnforcu  cc.tte politique  ·~  nJe  cl_oute  fort  que  so.,ns  cette "image"  arn~lior8c de  J.a  PAC 1  nons  eussions  pu mainterc.ir  J.es  principes  de  notre politiquo vis-3,-vis  d'cm  grand grou-pe  de  ncs  conoitoyens".  / •  • Quant  2,"';GC  pr-odu-:-;tcur·s i  u.  LCv''G.i:::to:Ls  J.es  2.  assures  do  son 2.pyui  de.ns  lo :•.'.::few - -r;=or<  1'  ·  1-'- ,  · ·  ,  ·  ' - cJ.lun  buclget  pla:::'•Jnno  du  _'.G  ul\.  :  "  c;,gn.cu  uure  av.::c  ses  rnulTlpJes  HnponCl~._;ra-lJles1  Ec  pout  pas  t::c·availler  avec  un  budg:3t  plafonn6,  Si  un tel  plafonr"emerrt dov,::tit  8t1'lc  i:nste1..1::·:C 1  ~:;  sorc;_j_s  lc  }Jr''~miGI"'  A,  w'er1  2,llern3  Toutefois 7 il a  r~~cu~sc la  criti~rue  CL3?J1t  qt:_:::  los  i!j··ocl1JCte1'.rG  n'ont  pas  (·.Sf:CZ  profit6  d0S  pri:i:  cleves sur les n:a  .. rc.::l•Ss  rnonclj_c;J.::.x,:  t<~  ci{;courag~Gmcnt  d' exportations rrtassi  ves  G_c  c~.)r6a,les n'c::..  pe~s  sc•_ller~lcr1t  6t5  S  ..  l"r:va~~-::;age  des  conssm:nettet1r~:~,  raai.P  surtout  ~t  celt:.i  d  ..  -; atti'i  CHtll·t curs ocu.fs  c·C  C_c  lc:., unc  mod:i..ficCJ.:i:;j_or_ d.c  l21- qUs.lit\,_~·, p011r  ·3,~CC~~-t Q::' ·avant  1::  ..  L~n le c~1  fcr\T8llr  d'  -o_rlG  n1c~il}_ t3U  .. r€  associatio11  des gestic~ des -ma~ch6s dans  des  ~cctourr  comme  celui  des 2"  rc,;ct~  cLes  revc,lchcations  concor:1ant c 1_lJ_  cs.drc  ir~sti  tlJ.T~_,JnJ1cl.  Do  pa_l·tc:Lf;G  dc~r:;  respor~sabili  t6s les  proc~::CLl.l..rciJ  c:JJ.  comit6  C.o  g'esti.~.;n risquerai  t  clo  "scie:· la bnmchc  ::-,';'" cao.rc  de  l~t  f:'3 .. :~,·~on  dos  r~a~cc.ht::s  ~  L  ~  Larclin.ois  c:t 'OJ~lC:Y: 1.-t.c=,"  ltL  procluctio11  bea11C>-:·ap  plus  en  fontion c  :::-:.cc .. ~,c:llr·  d~J.  virJ.'l  lc~:~  esprit  or:~l_-JlGllt  m:1i11ten:J.,nt  ~{irs t~· c:-1E:\  d~:111.;...;  co  son3'i  que  J.e~  Co!!lmission  sourncttTC'v ;;·  ·cem·tJE'~  clos  2!ropoEitionf?  a~alog1..1cs 11.-t'~O:'ir\,~:~t:.  ~ Cfj  1)0-~IJ.e\T~l·~~,::r:,z::rrt'=  r~_o;::3  :Yiarcncs  n10l!dic~,'-'JC 1  l;  oratO.;_::_::."  2  r~·lif" 1 1  acccn.t  31x2  ~:_cs  ?:  ~18-t.i.c:n~-1  r::,\T:::c  lt::s  F~t-~.-:;s--Unis  clon.t  :ev  Gqminun,:::t1rt-6  est  2t rostoro.  pC'J.r  RC)[l  approvisiomE::r:::.on·c  on  c;erealos  fourrc:.g~ros, Ln.  crJ.so  cl1..1.  197 3  n:_:clS  .?c  i;  que  nou~;  c1_c-vcns  pour2ui  vro  uno  pcli  tj_quc c1o  r;lus  e·c  i.l·~JmancLer  de  r.;oill8ur~s  a,ssurances  ii nos  fou:rnis-8ourfJ  trei1_itiolr'";e]  ) '  s--~"'LS  rJca  E?  de li  \,I_~Q.ison  pJ  ..  -~  fermes :·  ln  Ccmmt-:..-expor-~  c~j: _L o-v1rJ  r:1J·_ c:u1  nouvo,o,u  cLi.r,:c:t+ ?  e,ppro"'"""isionr~~r-~ent  ~  D.  rli t  1'1!:.  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Summary of a speech by Mr. P.J. Lardinois, Member of the Commission of the European Communities, at the Congress of the National Centre for Young Farmers. Caen, 4 June, 1975

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