Member States shall avail themselves of any opportunity open to them under their  legislation, particularly in respect of import policy, to ensure the conclusion and  carrying out of these agreements or contracts.

3. To the extent that Member States require raw materials for the manufacture of  products to be exported outside the Community in competition with products of third  countries, the above agreements or contracts shall not form an obstacle to the  importation of raw materials for this purpose from third countries. This provision  shall not, however, apply if the Council unanimously decides to make provision for  payments required to compensate for the higher price paid on goods imported for  this purpose on the basis of these agreements or contracts in relation to the delivered  price of the same goods purchased on the world market.

Article 46

Where in a Member State a product is subject to a national market organization or to  internal rules having equivalent effect which affect the competitive position of  similar production in another Member State, a countervailing charge shall be applied  by Member States to imports of this product coming from the Member State where  such organization or rules exist, unless that State applies a countervailing charge on  export.

The Commission shall fix the amount of these charges at the level required to redress the balance; it may also authorize other measures, the conditions and details of which it shall determine.

Article 47

As to the functions to be performed by the Economic and Social Committee in  pursuance of this Title, its agricultural section shall hold itself at the disposal of the  Commission to prepare, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 197 and 198,  the deliberations of the Committee.

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