If the Commission considers this the most appropriate way of preventing coal from being priced at the level of the production costs of the mines which have the highest costs but which it is recognized should be temporarily maintained in service in order that the tasks laid down in Article 3 may be performed, it may, after consulting the Consultative Committee, authorize equalization payments:
Má mheasann an Coimisiún gur gníomh den chíneál sin is oiriúnaí chun cose a chur le praghas an ghuail a bheith á bhunú ar leibhéal an chostais táirgthe i gcás na mianach is costasaí le saothrú, ach gur gá iad a choimeád ar seirbhís go sealadach ionas go bhféadfaí na cúraimí atá leagtha síos in Airteagal 3 a chomhlíonadh, féadfaidh an Coimisiún, tar éis dui i gcomhairle leis an gCoiste Comhairleach, íocaíochtaí cothromaíochta a údarú: céanna a mbaineann na