The Commission shall make the provision of non repayable aid conditional upon payment by  the State concerned of a special contribution of not less than amount of that aid, unless an  exception is authorized by the Council, acting by a two thirds majority.

2. If fundamental changes, not directly connected with the establishment of the common market, in market conditions for the coal or the steel industry should compel some undertakings permanently to discontinue, curtail or change their activities, the Commission, on application by the governments concerned:

a. May facilitate, in the manner laid down in Article 54, either in the industries within its jurisdiction or, with the assent of the Council, in any other industry, the financing of such programmes as it may approve for the creation of new and economically sound activities or for the conversion of existing undertakings capable of reabsorbing the redundant workers into productive employment;

b. May provide non repayable aid towards:

• The payment of tide over allowances to workers;
• The payment of allowances to undertakings to enable them to continue paying such of their workers as may have to be temporarily laid off as a result of the undertakings' change of activity;
• The payment of resettlement allowances to workers;
• The financing of vocational retraining for workers having to change their employment.

The Commission shall make the provision of non-repayable aid conditional upon payment by the State concerned of a special contribution of not less than the amount of that aid, unless an exception is authorized by the Council, acting by a two thirds majority. ( * )

( * ) Paragraph 2 added in accordance with the procedure under the third and fourth paragraphs of Article 95 of this Treaty (OJ 33, 16.5.1960).

CHAPTER 4

PRODUCTION

Article 57

In the sphere of production, the Commission shall give preference to the indirect means of action at its disposal, such as:

• Cooperation with governments to regularize or influence general consumption, particularly that of the public services;
• Intervention in regard to prices and commercial policy as provided for in this Treaty.

Article 58

1. In the event of a decline in demand, if the Commission considers that the community is confronted with a period of manifest crisis and that the means of action provided for in Article 57 are not sufficient to deal with this, it shall, after consulting the Consultative Committee and with the assent of the Council, establish a system of production quotas, accompanied to the necessary extent by the measures provided for in Article 74.

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