If, when the matter has been submitted to it by the Commission, the Council finds by a qualified majority that, although the prospects for extraction appear economically justified on a long-term basis, prospecting activities and the expansion of mining operations continue to be markedly inadequate, the Member State concerned shall, for as long as it has failed to remedy this situation, be deemed to have waived, both for itself and for its nationals, the right of equal access to other sources of supply within the Community.
Če Svet na poziv Komisije s kvalificirano večino ugotovi, da ukrepi v zvezi z iskanjem in povečevanjem pridobivanja rud ostajajo izrazito nezadostni, čeprav se zdijo možnosti pridobivanja ekonomsko dolgoročno utemeljene, se šteje, da se zadevna država članica, dokler ne popravi takega položaja, tako zase kot za svoje državljane odpoveduje pravici do enakega dostopa do drugih virov preskrbe v Skupnosti.