If action by the Community should prove necessary to attain, in the course of the operation of the common market, one of the objectives of the Community, and this Treaty has not provided the necessary powers, the Council shall, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, take the appropriate measures.
Má tharlaíonn, i gcúrsa an cómhargadh a oibriú, gur gá don Chomhphobal gníomhú chun aidhm de chuid an Chomhphobail a ghnóthú agus nach dtugtar sa Chonradh seo na cumhachtaí is gá, déanfaidh an Chomhairle, ag gníomhú di d'aon toil ar thogra ón gCoimisiún agus tar éis dul i gcomhairle le Parlaimint na hEorpa, na bearta iomchuí a ghlacadh.