Save as otherwise provided in this Treaty, any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods shall, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the com mon market.
Ach amháin mar a fhoráiltear a mhalairt sa Chonradh seo, aon chabhair a thabharfaidh Ballstát nó a thabharfar tri bhíthin acmhainni Stáit i bhfoirm ar bith, agus a bhéarfaidh nó is baolach a bhéarfadh saobhadh ar iomaíocht tri thaobhú le gnóthais áirithe nó le tairgeadh earraí áirithe, ní luífidh si leis an gcómhargadh sa mhéid go dtéann sí i gcion ar an trádáil idir Ballstáit.