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.
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.
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.