If; when the matter has been submitted to it by the Commission, the Council finds by  a qualified majority that, although the prospects for extraction appear economically  justified on a long term basis, prospecting activities and the expansion of mining  operations continue to be markedly inadequate, the Member State concerned shall,  for as long as it has failed to remedy this situation, be deemed to have waived, both  for itself and for its nationaIs, the right of equal access to other sources of supply  within the Community.

Article 71

The Commission shall make all appropriate recommendations to Member States  with regard to revenue or mining regulations.

Article 72

The Agency may, from material available inside or outside the Community, build up  the necessary commercial stocks to facilitate supplies to or normal deliveries by the  Community.

The Commission may, where necessary, decide to build up emergency stocks. The  method of financing such stocks shall be approved by the Council, acting by a  qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.

Section 6

Special provisions

Article 73

Where an agreement or contract between a Member State, a person or an undertaking  on the one hand, and a third State, an international organization or a national of a  third State on the other, provides inter alia for delivery of products which come  within the province of the Agency, the prior consent of the Commission shall be  required for the conclusion or renewal of that agreement or contract, as far as  delivery of the products is concerned.

Article 74

The Commission may exempt from the provisions of this Chapter the transfer, import  or export of small quantities of ores, source materials or special fissile materials  such as are normally used in research.

The Agency shall be notified of every transfer, import or export operation effected  by virtue of this provision.

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