2.The Commission shall, acting on its own initiative or on application by a Member State, examine the rates and conditions referredto in paragraph 1, taking account in particular of the requirements ofan appropriate regional economic policy, the needs of underdevelopedareas and the problems of areas seriously affected by political circumstances on the one hand, and of the effects of such rates and conditions on competition between the different modes of transport on theother.
2.Déanfaidh an Coimisiún, uaidh féin nó ar iarratas ó Bhallstát,scrúdú ar na rátaí agus na coinníollacha dá dtagraítear i mír 1, áchur san áireamh go háirithe, ar thaobh amháin, a bhfuil riachtanach do bheartas eacnamaíoch réigiúnach iomchuí, gánna limistéartearcfhorbartha agus fadhbanna limistéar a bhfuil imthosca polaitiúlaag cur as dóibh go mór agus, ar an taobh eile, éifeachtaí na rátaíagus na gcoinníollacha sin ar an iomaíocht idir na modhannaéagsúla iompair.