28Such objectives are themselves in the public interest and are capable of justifying restrictions to the free movement of capital (see, to that effect, Konle, paragraph 40; Reisch and Others, paragraph 34; and Ospelt and Schlüssle Weissenberg, paragraphs 38 and 39). In addition, as the Danish Government and the Commission of the European Communities maintain, those objectives are consistent with those of the common agricultural policy which, under Article 33(1)(b) EC, aims ‘to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community’ in the working-out of which, according to Article 33(2)(a), account must be taken ‘of 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’ (see, to that effect, Ospelt and Schlüssle Weissenberg, paragraph 40).
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