these recommendations are not implemented satisfactorily within a reasonable time, the  Commission shall, by decisions taken in consultation with the government concerned,  determine the prices and conditions of sale to be applied by the undertaking in question or  draw up production or delivery programmes with which it must comply, subject to liability to  the penalties provided for in Articles 58, 59 and 64.

CHAPTER7

INTERFERENCE WITH CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION

Article 67

1. Any action by a Member State, which is liable to have appreciable repercussions on  conditions of competition in the coal or the steel industry, shall be brought to the knowledge  of the Commission by the government concerned.

2. If the action is liable, by substantially increasing differences in production costs otherwise  than through changes in productivity, to provoke a serious disequilibrium, the Commission,  after consulting the Consultative Committee and the Council, may take the following steps:

• If the action taken by that State is having harmful effects on the coal or steel  undertakings within the jurisdiction of that State, the Commission may authorize it to  grant aid to these undertakings, the amount, conditions and duration of which shall be  determined in agreement with the Commission. The same shall apply in the case of any  change in wages and working conditions which would have the same effects, even if not  resulting from any action by that State;
• If the action taken by that State is having harmful effects on the coal or steel  undertakings within the jurisdiction of other Member States, `the Commission shall make a  recommendation to that State with a view to remedying these effects by such measures as  that State may consider most compatible with its own economic equilibrium.

3. If the action taken by that State reduces differences in production costs by allowing special  benefits to or imposing special charges on the coal or steel undertakings within its jurisdiction  in comparison with the other industries in the same country, the Commission is empowered to  make the necessary recommendations to that State after consulting the Consultative  Committee and the Council.

CHAPTER 8

WAGES AND MOVEMENT OF WORKERS

Article 68

1. The methods used for fixing wages and welfare benefits in the several Member States shall  not, in the case of the coal and steel industries, be affected by this Treaty, subject to the  following provisions.

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