Når ændringen i leveomkostningerne beregnet på grundlag af justeringskoefficienten og den tilsvarende vekselkurs har været over 5% siden sidste til pasning for et bestemt land, træffer Kommissionen afgørelse om tilpasning af denne koefficient og af den tilsvarende vekselkurs og underretter Rådet herom snarest muligt.
Where however, in the case of a given country, the variation in the cost of living measured on the basis of the weighting and the corresponding exchange rate is found to have exceeded 5% since the last adjustment, the Commission shall decide on interim measures for adjusting the weighting and shall in form the Council thereof as soon as possible.