If, during the transitional period, difficulties arise which are serious and liable to persist in any sector of the economy or which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a given area, a Member State may apply for authorisation to take protective measures in order to rectify the situation and adjust the sector concerned to the economy of the common market.
Más rud é, le linn na hidirthréimhse, go dtarlóidh deacrachtaí atá tromchúiseach agus gur dóigh go mairfidh dótbh ín aon earnáil den gheilleagar nó deacrachtaí a d'fhéadfadh dochar mor a dhéanamh do staid eacnamaíoch limistéir áirithe, féadfaidh Ballstát údarás a iarraidh chun bearta cosanta a ghlacadh d'fhonn an staid sin a cheartú agus an earnáil áirithe a oiríúnú do gheilleagar an chómhargaidh.