IMPLEMENT THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IS THE APPLICATION OF COMMON MARKETING STANDARDS TO THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED ; WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THESE STANDARDS SHOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF KEEPING PRODUCTS OF UNSATISFACTORY QUALITY OFF THE MARKET AND FACILITATING TRADE RELATIONS BASED ON FAIR COMPETITION , THUS HELPING TO IMPROVE THE PROFITABILITY OF PRODUCTION ;
WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THESE STANDARDS CALLS FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO THEM ; WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD THEREFORE BE MADE FOR SUCH INSPECTION ;
WHEREAS IT IS DESIRABLE TO MAKE PROVISION UNDER THE RULES REGULATING THE MARKET FOR MEASURES WHICH WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO ADJUST SUPPLY TO MARKET REQUIREMENTS AND TO GUARANTEE , AS FAR AS POSSIBLE , A FAIR INCOME TO PRODUCERS ; WHEREAS , GIVEN THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE MARKET IN FISHERY PRODUCTS , THE FORMATION OF PRODUCERS' ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MEMBERS WOULD BE BOUND BY CERTAIN RULES , NOTABLY IN THE MATTER OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING , WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THESE OBJECTIVES ;
WHEREAS IT IS DESIRABLE TO ADOPT PROVISIONS TO FACILITATE THE FORMATION AND OPERATION OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE INVESTMENT ENTAILED IN APPLYING THEIR COMMON RULES ; WHEREAS TO THIS END MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE AID AVAILABLE TO THEM , THIS AID BEING PARTLY FINANCED BY THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE AMOUNT OF THIS AID SHOULD BE LIMITED ; WHEREAS , IT SHOULD ALSO BE TEMPORARY AND DEGRESSIVE , SO THAT THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PRODUCERS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ;
WHEREAS THE CONCENTRATION AND STRUCTURE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ARE UNSATISFACTORY AND IT APPEARS NECESSARY TO PERMIT MEMBER STATES TO GRANT THEM HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AID DURING A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD ;
WHEREAS , TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS , THUS FACILITATING GREATER MARKET STABILITY , MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO EXTEND , UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS , TO ALL NON-MEMBERS WHO MARKET GOODS IN A SPECIFIC REGION THE RULES , IN PARTICULAR THOSE ON FIRST-STAGE MARKETING , ADOPTED BY THE ORGANIZATION IN THE REGION IN QUESTION ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS ;
WHEREAS APPLICATION OF THE SYSTEM DESCRIBED ABOVE INVOLVES COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE ORGANIZATION WHOSE RULES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , NON-MEMBERS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THESE COSTS ; WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED SHOULD ALSO BE AFFORDED THE POSSIBILITY OF GRANTING AN INDEMNITY TO THOSE OPERATORS IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS WHICH , ALTHOUGH THEY MEET MARKETING STANDARDS , COULD NOT BE MARKETED AND WHICH ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE MARKET ;
WHEREAS , AT ALL EVENTS , PROVISIONS SHOULD BE LAID DOWN TO ENSURE THAT THE PRODUCERS' ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT HOLD A DOMINANT POSITION IN THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS IN ORDER TO COPE WITH MARKET SITUATIONS WHICH , IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN FISHERY PRODUCTS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE TO PRODUCERS' INCOMES , ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO PRICES WHICH MIGHT CAUSE DISTURBANCES ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET , A GUIDE PRICE WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF PRODUCTION AREAS IN