2. If the Commission finds that one or more undertakings are charging abnormally low prices  because they are paying abnormally low wages compared with the level in the same  area, it shall, after consulting the Consultative Committee, make appropiate  recommendations to them. If the abnormally low wages are the result of governmental  decisions, the Commission shall confer with the government concerned, and failing  agreement it may, after consulting the Consultative Committee, make a recommendation to  that government.

3. If the Commission finds that wage reduction entails a lowering of the standard of living of  workers and at the same time is being used as a means for the permanent economic  adjustment of undertakings or as a means of competition between them, it shall, after  consulting the Consultative Committee, make a recommendation to the undertaking or  government concerned with a view to securing, at the expense of the undertakings, benefits  for the workers in order to compensate for the reductions.

This provision shall not apply to:

a. Overall measures taken by a Member State to restore its external equilibrium, without  prejudice in such case to any action under Article 67;
b. Wage reductions resulting from the application of a sliding scale established by law or by  contract;
c. Wage reductions resulting from a fall in the cost of living;
d. Wage reductions to correct abnormal increases that occurred previously in exceptional  circumstances, which no longer obtain.

4. Save in the cases referred to in paragraph 3( a ) and ( b ), any wage reduction affecting all or a  substantial number of the workers in an undertaking shall be notified to the Commission.

5.The recommendations provided for in the preceding paragraphs may be made by the  Commission only after consulting the Council, unless they are addressed to undertakings  smaller than a minimum size to be defined by the Commission in agreement with the Council.

If in one of the Member States a change in the arrangements for the financing of social  security or for dealing with unemployment and its effects, or a change in wages, produces the  effects referred to in Article 67( 2 ) or ( 3 ), the Commission is empowered to take the steps  provided for in that Article.

6.The Commission may impose upon undertakings which do not comply with  recommendations made to them under this Article fines and periodic penalty payments not  exceeding twice the amount of the saving in labour costs improperly effected.

Article 69

1. Member States undertake to remove any restriction based on nationality upon the  employment in the coal and steel industries of workers who are nationals of Member States  and have recognized qualifications in a coal mining or steel making occupation, subject to the  limitations imposed by the basic requirements of health and public policy.

2. For the purpose of applying this provision, Member States shall draw up common  definitions of skilled trades and qualifications therefor, shall determine by common accord the

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