Article 6
Following receipt of these notifications, the Commission shall prepare its proposals or recommendations under Article 113 of the Treaty. To this end: 1. it shall check whether the provisions to be presented for negotiation relate to the commercial policy as defined in Article 113 of the Treaty; 2. it shall examine whether the conditions required for the opening of Community negotiations are satisfied and whether such negotiations are desirable; 3. it shall examine, where necessary and where either conditions for the opening of Community negotiations are not yet satisfied or such negotiations are not desirable, the desirability of co-ordinating commercial relations between Member States and third countries by means of autonomous Community action.