The High Contracting Parties declare that the first of the arrangements for application of the agreements between management andlabour at Community level — referred to in Article 139(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community — will consist in developing, by collective bargaining according to the rules of each Member State, the content of the agreements, and that consequentlythis arrangement implies no obligation on the Member States toapply the agreements directly or to work out rules for their transposition, nor any obligation to amend national legislation in forceto facilitate their implementation.
Dearbhaíonn na hArdpháirtithe Conarthacha gurb é a bheidh sachéad cheann de na socruithe chun na comhaontuithe idir na comhpháirtithe sóisialta a chur i bhfeidhm ar leibhéal an Chomhphobail— dá dtagraítear in Airteagal139(2) den Chonradh ag bunú an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh — inneachar na gcomhaontuithe a fhorbairttrí chómhargáil i gcomhréir le rialacha gach Ballstáit, agus dábhíthin sin nach mbeidh sé le tuiscint ón socrú sin go bhfuil aonoibleagáid ar na Ballstáit na comhaontuithe a chur i bhfeidhm godíreach ná rialacha a leagan amach dá dtrasuí, ná aon oibleagáidan reachtaíocht náisiúnta atá i bhfeidhm a leasú chun a gcur chunfeidhme a éascú.