70Contrary to what the Commission maintains, the elimination of the surpluses, by destruction or unsubsidised export outside of the internal market, contributes to correction of the economic disruption linked to the existence of the surpluses within the territory of the new Member States at the date of accession even after the sale of the surpluses on the market has taken place. The elimination of the surpluses may generate an increase in demand on the internal market for the agricultural products concerned and, consequently, offset, wholly or in part, the adverse effect of the existence of the surpluses on the stability of the markets concerned (see, as regards the market for sugar, Estonia v Commission, paragraph 43 above, paragraph 178; see also, as regards other agricultural products, the Opinion of Advocate General Mischo in Case C-179/00 Weidacher [2002] ECR I-501, point 55).
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