The Commission, acting on its own initiative or on application by a Member State, shall examine the rates and conditions referred to in paragraph 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 arna rátaí agus arna coinníollacha dá dtagraítear i mír 1, á chur san áireamh go háirithe, ar thaobh amháin, a bhfuil riachtanach do bheartas eacnamaíoch réigiúnach iomchuí, riachtanais limistéar tearcfhorbartha agus fadhbanna limistéar a bhfuil imthosca polaitiúla a gcur as dóibh go mór agus, ar an taobh eile, éifeachtaí na rátaí agus na gcoinníollacha sin ar an iomaíocht idir na modhanna éagsúla iompair.