Minimum rates below which Member States undertake not to lower their customs diilies on coal and steel as against third countries, and maximum rates above which they undertake not to raise them, may be fixed by deci sion of the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission made on the latter's own initiative or at the request of a Member State.
Féadfaidh an Chomhairle le cinneadh d'aon toil, ag gniomhú di ar thogra ón gCoimisiún, arna dhéanamh ar a chonlán féin nó ar iarratas ó Bhallstát, íosrátaí a shocrú a ngabhfaidh na Ballstáit orthu féin gan a ndleachtanna custaim ar ghual agus cruach, i leith tríú tíortha, a ísliú faoina mbun, agus uasrátaí a shocrú a ngabhfaidh siad orthu féin gan na dleachtanna sin a ardú os a gcionn.