Če na stroške v delu obdobja, predvidenega za kritje stroškov, vpliva uporaba novih proizvodnih zmogljivosti, ki zahtevajo znatno dodatno investiranje, in nizke stopnje izkoriščanja zmogljivosti, ki so posledica zagonskih dejavnosti v teku ali le delu obdobja preiskave, štejejo kot povprečni stroški za začetno fazo tisti stroški, ki veljajo v skladu z zgoraj navedenimi razporeditvenimi pravili ob koncu take faze in se vključijo na tej ravni za ustrezno obdobje v tehtanem povprečju stroškov, o katerem govori drugi pododstavek odstavka 4.
Where the costs for part of the period for cost recovery are affected by the use of new production facilities requiring substantial additional investment and by low capacity utilization rates, which are the result of start-up operations which take place within or during part of the investigation period, the average costs for the start-up phase shall be those applicable, under the abovementioned allocation rules, at the end of such a phase, and shall be included at that level, for the period concerned, in the weighted average costs referred to in the second sub-paragraph of paragraph 4.