Intervention stocks refers to stocks held by national
intervention agencies in the EU as a result of
intervention buying
Intervention, Interventions, The Intervention or An Intervention may refer to:
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Film and television
* ''Intervention'' (1968 film), a Russian film
* ''Intervention'' (2007 film), a British film
* ''The Intervention'', a 2008 film ...
of commodities subject to
market price support Market price support (MPS) is an indicator, developed by the OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental org ...
. Intervention stocks may be released onto
internal markets if internal prices exceed intervention prices. Otherwise, they may be sold on the world market with the aid of
export restitution Export restitution is a term in the European Union for variable export subsidies given to traders to cover the difference between the higher internal Common Agricultural Policy price of a commodity and its lower world price.
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s under the regulation of commodity-specific Management Committees.
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Agricultural economics
International trade