If, after six months, the situation mentioned in paragraph 1 still obtains, the Committee, acting in accordance with Article 18 (2), may authorize the Member State affected by that change to suspend temporarily the application of the provisions of this Convention, without such suspension being allowed to impede the achievement of the objectives mentioned in Article 8a of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community or contravene other international obligations of the Member States.
Če se po šestih mesecih stanje, omenjeno v prvem odstavku, nadaljuje, lahko odbor, ki deluje v skladu z drugim odstavkom 18. člena, dovoli državi članici, na katero ta sprememba vpliva, da začasno preneha uporabljati določbe te konvencije, pri čemer naj to začasno prenehanje ne ovira doseganja ciljev, navedenih v 8. a členu Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske gospodarske skupnosti, ali ne krši drugih mednarodnih obveznosti držav članic.