PROHIBITION WHICH IT DESCRIBES . WITHOUT SUFFICIENT PROOF TO THE CONTRARY, IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THE AUTHORS OF THE TREATY DECLARED IN ARTICLE 4 ( C ) THAT SUBSIDIES AND AIDS GRANTED BY STATES IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER SHOULD BE ABOLISHED AND PROHIBITED AND THEN DECLARED IN ARTICLE 67 THAT, WITHOUT EVEN HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE HIGH AUTHORITY, THEY COULD BE ALLOWED SUBJECT TO THE MEASURES RECOMMENDED BY THE HIGH AUTHORITY TO MITIGATE OR REMEDY THE EFFECTS THEREOF .
SUCH AN INTERPRETATION WOULD BE CONCEIVABLE ONLY IF IT WERE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE INTERFERENCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 67 REFERRED TO THE MEASURES OR PRACTICES SET OUT IN ARTICLE 4, ESPECIALLY ARTICLE 4 ( C ).
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ALTHOUGH ARTICLE 4 AND ARTICLE 67 HAVE BASICALLY THE SAME OBJECTS, BECAUSE THEY ENDEAVOUR TO 'ENSURE THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OBSERVANCE OF NORMAL COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS', WHEN THEIR CONTENTS ARE ANALYSED, AS IS DONE HEREUNDER, IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY MAKE DIFFERENT FIELDS SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT PROCEDURES .
ARTICLE 4 REFERS TO ACTION TAKEN 'WITHIN THE COMMUNITY', NAMELY WITHIN THE FIELD COVERED BY THE TREATY WHICH ESTABLISHED IT .
UNDER ARTICLE 1 OF THE TREATY THE COMMUNITY IS FOUNDED UPON A COMMON MARKET, COMMON OBJECTIVES AND COMMON INSTITUTIONS .
IN THE COMMUNITY FIELD, NAMELY IN RESPECT OF EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO THE PURSUIT OF THE COMMON OBJECTIVES WITHIN THE COMMON MARKET, THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ENDOWED WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY .
ALTHOUGH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MAY BE ALLOCATED TO COAL - AND STEEL-PRODUCING UNDERTAKINGS THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE BY THE HIGH AUTHORITY OR ON EXPRESS AUTHORIZATION BY IT, AS IS CLEAR FROM ARTICLES 55 ( 2 ) AND 58 ( 2 ) AND FROM ARTICLE 11 OF THE CONVENTION ON THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS .
ON THE OTHER HAND, ARTICLE 4 ( C ) REFERS TO SUBSIDIES OR AIDS GRANTED BY STATES, OR SPECIAL CHARGES IMPOSED BY STATES, IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER AND DECLARES THEM TO BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET .
THIS DIFFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS THE INTENTION OF THE TREATY TO RESERVE TO THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND WITHHOLD FROM THE STATES THE RIGHT TO GRANT, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SUBSIDIES OR AIDS AND TO IMPOSE SPECIAL CHARGES IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER .
THE STRICT WORDING OF ARTICLE 4 ITSELF EMPHASIZES THE EXCLUSIVE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY'S JURISDICTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY .
ARTICLE 67 REFERS EXCLUSIVELY TO ACTION BY A MEMBER STATE WHICH IS LIABLE TO HAVE APPRECIABLE REPERCUSSIONS ON CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION IN THE COAL OR THE STEEL INDUSTRY .
IT CONTAINS NO PROVISION FOR THE ABOLITION OR THE DIRECT PROHIBITION OF SUCH ACTION BUT PROVIDES ONLY FOR IT TO BE COUNTERBALANCED BY AN APPROPRIATE AID OR FOR ITS HARMFUL EFFECTS TO BE MITIGATED BY THE HIGH AUTHORITY MAKING THE 'NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS' TO THE STATE CONCERNED ( PARAGRAPH 3 ) OR BY SUCH MEASURES AS THAT STATE 'MAY CONSIDER MOST COMPATIBLE WITH ITS OWN ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM' ( THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH OF PARAGRAPH 2 ).
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