Before making such a determination, the Council shall hear the Member State in question and, acting in accordance with the same procedure, may call on independent persons to submit within a reasonable time limit a report on the situation in the Member State in question.
Sula suífidh sí amhlaidh, éistfidh an Chomhairle an Ballstát i dtrácht agus féadfaidh sí, ag gníomhú di i gcomhréir leis an nós imeachta céanna, iarraidh ar dhaoine neamhspleácha tuarascáil a thíolacadh laistigh de thréimhse reasunta maidir leis an staid sa Bhallstát i dtrácht.