Såfremt en medlemsstat skønner, at importen af olieprodukter raffineret på De Nederlandske Antiller direkte eller via en anden medlemsstat under den i artikel 2 fastsatte ordning skaber virkelige vanskeligheder på dens marked, og at omgående handling er nødvendig for at imødegå disse, kan den på eget initiativ beslutte at pålægge denne import told, hvis satser ikke må overstige de toldsatser, der anvendes over for tredjelande for samme produkter.  
If a Member State considers that imports of petroleum products refined in the Netherlands Antilles, made either directly or through another Member State under the system provided for in Article 2, are giving rise to real difficulties on its market and that immediate action is necessary to meet them, it may on its own initiative decide to apply customs duties to such imports, the rate of which may not exceed those of the customs duties applicable to third countries in respect of the same products.  