V primeru ravnanj, na podlagi katerih Skupnost lahko upravičeno uporabi ukrepe, določene v členu 12 Sporazuma, in ravnanj, na podlagi katerih se lahko za Skupnost uporabijo zaščitni ukrepi na podlagi člena 16 Sporazuma, Komisija odloči ali so zadevna ravnanja združljiva s Sporazumom, brez poseganja v člen 2 te uredbe in po tem, ko na lastno pobudo ali na zahtevo države članice preuči primer.
In the case of practices that may justify the application by the Community of measures provided for in Article 12 of the Agreement and practices that may cause safeguard measures to be applied to the Community on the basis of Article 16 of the Agreement, the Commission shall decide, without prejudice to Article 2 of this Regulation and after examining the case on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, whether the practices are compatible with the Agreement.