PART THREE

UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS
TITLE III

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

(ex Article 33 TEC)
Article 39
1
The objectives of the common agricultural policy shall be:
a
to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the optimum utilisation of the factors of production, in particular labour;
b
thus to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, in particular by increasing the individual earnings of persons engaged in agriculture;
c
to stabilise markets;
d
to assure the availability of supplies;
e
to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.
2
In working out the common agricultural policy and the special methods for its application, account shall be taken of:
a
the particular nature of agricultural activity, which results from the social structure of agriculture and from structural and natural disparities between the various agricultural regions;
b
the need to effect the appropriate adjustments by degrees;
c
the fact that in the Member States agriculture constitutes a sector closely linked with the economy as a whole.