The Commission shall, acting on its own initiative or on application by a Member State, examine the rates and conditions referred to in para graph 1. taking account in particular of the requirements of an appropriate regional 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 ratai agus na coinníollacha dá dtagraitear i mir 1, á chur san áireamh go háirithe, ar thaobh amháin, a bhfuil nach tanach do bheartas eacnamaioch rèigiúnach iomchuí, gánna limistéar tearcfhorbartha agus fadhbanna limistéar a bhfuil imthosca polaitiúla ag cur as dóibh go mór agus, ar an taobh eile, éifeachtaí na rátai agus na gcoinniollacha sin ar an iomaíocht idir na modhanna éagsúla iompair.