Bestemmelserne i denne afdeling udgør ingen hindring for de foranstaltninger, der er truffet i Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland, for så vidt disse er nødvendige for at opveje de af Tysklands deling forårsagede ulemper for økonomien i visse af Forbundsrepublikkens områder, der berøres af denne deling.  
The provisions of this Section shall not form an obstacle to the application of measures taken in the Federal Republic of Germany to the extent that such measures are required in order to compensate for the economic disadvantages caused by the division of Germany to the economy of certain areas of the Federal Republic affected by that division.  