The Commission shall, acting on its own initiative or on application by a Member State, examine the rates and conditions referred to in paragraph I, taking account in particular of the requirements of an appropriate re gional economic policy, the needs of underdeveloped areas 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 the other.
Déanfaidh an Coimisiún, uaidh féin nó ar iarratas ó Bhallstát, scrúdú ar na rátai agus na coinníollacha dá dtagraítear i mir 1, á chur san áireamh go háirithe, ar thaobh amháin, a bhfuil riach tanach do bheartas eacnamaioch réigiúnach iomchuí, gánna limistéar tearcfhorbartha agus fadhbanna limistéar a bhfuil imthosca polaitiúla ag cur as dóibh go mor agus, ar an taobh eile, éifeachtaí na rátai agus na gcoinníollacha sin ar an iomaíocht idir na modhanna éagsúla iompair.