Should the Commission find, on application by the users concerned, that the Agency is not in a position to deliver within a reasonable period of time all or part of the supplies ordered, or that it can only do so at excessively high prices, the users shall have the right to conclude directly contracts re lating to supplies from outside the Community, provided that such contracts meet in essential respects the requirements specified in their orders.
Má chinneann an Coimisiún, ar iarratas ó na húsáidirí lena mbaineann, nach bhfuil ar chumas na Gníomhaireachta na soláthairtí uile a ordaíodh nó cuid díobh a sheachadadh laistigh de thréimhse reasunta, nó nach féidir lèi sin a dhéanamh ach ar phraghsanna neamh-mheasartha, beidh de cheart ag na húsáidirí conarthai a dhéanamh go díreach a bhainfidh le soláthairtí ó lasmuigh den Chomhphobal, ach na conarthai sin a bheith ag freagairt go bunúsach do na riachtanais a shonraítear in orduithe na n-úsáidirí.