1.Where a Member State requests the Commission to take measures as provided for in Articles 37 and 38 of the SAA, it shall provide the Commission, in support of its request, with the information needed to justify it.
2.Where the Commission, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, finds that the conditions laid down in Articles 37 and 38 of the SAA are fulfilled, it shall:
(a)inform the Member States forthwith if acting on its own initiative or, if it is responding to a Member State's request, within 5 working days of the date of receipt of that request;
(b)consult the Committee referred to in Article 12(3) of this Regulation on the proposed measures;
(c)at the same time inform the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and notify it of the opening of the consultations within the Stabilisation and Association Committee as provided for in Articles 37(4) and 38(3) of the SAA;
(d)at the same time provide the Stabilisation and Association Committee with all the information necessary for the consultations referred to in point (c).
3.On the completion of the consultations referred to in point (c) of paragraph 2, and if no other arrangement proves possible, the Commission may decide in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 12(4) of this Regulation either not to act or to adopt appropriate measures provided for in Articles 37 and 38 of the SAA.
That Decision shall be notified forthwith to the Council and to the Stabilisation and Association Committee.
That Decision shall be applicable immediately.
4.The consultations within the Stabilisation and Association Committee referred to in point (c) of paragraph 2 shall be deemed to be completed 30 days after the notification also referred to in that point.