While it is premature at this stage to anticipate the outcome of this debate and the terms under which such an accession might take place, it nevertheless seems clear that if accession does take place, it will operate only in the area of Community competence.
Aunque es prematuro anticipar el resultado de este debate y los términos en los que se vaya a producir dicha adhesión, parece claro que, si se produce, sólo tendrá efecto en el área de la competencia comunitaria.