The application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality shall respect the general provisions and the objectives of the Treaty, particularly as regards the maintaining in full of the acquis communautaire and the institutional balance; it shall not affect the principles developed by the Court of Justice regarding the relationship between national and Community law, and it should take into account Article 6(4) of the Treaty on European Union, according to which ‘the Union shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies’.
Urramóidh cur i bhfeidhm phrionsabail na coimhdeachta agus na comhréireachta forálacha ginearálta agus cuspóirí an Chonartha, go háirithe a mhéad a bhaineann leis an acquis communautaire agus an chothromaíocht institiúideacha choimeád ar bun go hiomlán; ní dhéanfaidh sé difear do na prionsabail arna bhforbairt ag an gCúirt Bhreithiúnais maidir leis an ngaol idir an dlí náisiúnta agus dlí an Chomhphobail agus is cóir dó Airteagal 6(4) den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach, lena bhforáiltear go mbeidh ‘ag an Aontas na hacmhainní is gá chun a chuspóirí a bhaint amach agus a chuid beartas a chur i gcrích’, a chur san áireamh.