Should the Commission find, on application by the users concerned, that the Agency is not in a position to deliver within a reasonable period of time all or part of the supplies ordered, or that it can only do so at excessively high prices, the users shall have the right to conclude directly contracts relating to supplies from outside the Community, provided that such contracts meet in essential respects the requirements specified in their orders.
Má chinneann an Coimisiún, ar iarratas óna húsáidirí lena mbaineann, nach bhfuil ar chumas na Gníomhaireachta na soláthairtí uile a ordaíodh nó cuid díobh a sheachadadh laistigh de thréimhse réasúnach, nó nach féidir léi sin a dhéanamh ach ar phraghsanna neamh-mheasartha, beidh de cheart ag na húsáidirí conarthaí a dhéanamh go díreacha bhainfidh le soláthairtí ó lasmuigh den Chomhphobal, ach na conarthaí sin a bheith ag freagairt go bunúsach don a riachtanais a shonraítear in orduithe na n-úsáidirí.