• for at undgå, at forbigående svingninger i forbrugerpriserne skal slå varigt igennem på lønomkostningerne, og for at undgå, at prisindkomstspiralen stimuleres yderligere, bør lønreguleringerne foretages med en vis forsinkelse og højest ske to gange årligt;
(i) in the Member States in which the principle of wage indexation is accepted, the basis for in dexation should be a price index adapted in such a way as to prevent price increase factors outside corporate control from working through to wage costs; the regulation index ought thus to exclude the impact of any changes in indirect taxes and certain public service prices such as public transport and medical service charges; where the rise in prices is attributable to a deterioration in the terms of trade due, for example, to a rise in im portant raw material prices or to a depreciation of the currency, the impact of these factors ought to be excluded from indexation;