In the case of shortcomings of harmonised standards with respect to the essential requirements, the Commission may, after consulting the committee and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14, publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities guidelines on the interpretation of harmonised standards or the conditions under which compliance with that standard raises a presumption of conformity.
Če so usklajeni standardi glede bistvenih zahtev pomanjkljivi, lahko Komisija po posvetovanju z odborom in po postopku, ki ga določa člen 14, v Uradnem listu Evropskih skupnosti objavi smernice za razlaganje usklajenih standardov ali pogoje, pod katerimi je skladnost s temi standardi osnova za domnevo o skladnosti.