Section 4

Prices

Article 67

Save where exceptions are provided for in this Treaty, prices shall be determined as  a result of balancing supply against demand as provided in Article 60; the national  regulations of the Member States shall not contravene such provisions.

Article 68

Pricing practices designed to secure a privileged position for certain users in  violation of the principle of equal access laid down in the provisions of this Chapter  shall be prohibited.

If the Agency finds that any such practices are being employed it shall report them to  the Commission.

The Commission may, if it accepts the findings, set the prices of the offers in issue at  a level compatible with the principle of equal access.

Article 69

The Council may fix prices, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission.

When the Agency lays down, in pursuance of Article 60, the terms on which orders  can be met, it may propose to the users who have placed orders that prices be  equalized.

Section 5

Provisions relating to supply policy

Article 70

Within the limits set by the budget of the Community, the Commission may, on such  conditions as it shall determine, give financial support to prospecting programmes in  the territories of Member States.

The Commission may make recommendations to the Member States with a view to  the development of prospecting for and exploitation of mineral deposits.

The Member States shall submit annually to the Commission a report on the  development of prospecting and production, on probable reserves and on investment in mining which has been made or is planned in their territories. The reports shall be  submitted to the Council, together with an opinion from the Commission which shall  state in particular what action has been taken by Member States on recommendations  made to them under the preceding paragraph.

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