As the Community was self-sufficient in agricultural products and needed to be able to export, its prices must come close to those of its main competitors, if the weight of export refunds chargeable to the Community's budget was not to be altogether excessive.
La situation d'auto-suffisance et la vocation exportatrice de notre agriculture implique que nos prix se rapprochent de ceux de nos principaux concurrents, permettant ainsi au budget europeen de supporter la charge des restitutions a l'exportation.