Without prejudice to the measures adopted by the Union to comply with its solidarity obligation towards a Member State which is the object of a terrorist attack or the victim of natural or manmade disaster, none of the provisions of Article 222 is intended to affect the right of another Member State to choose the most appropriate means to comply with its own solidarity obligation towards that Member State.
Gan dochar do na bearta arna nglacadh ag an Aontas chun a oibleagáid dlúthpháirtíochta a chomhlíonadh i leith Ballstáit a fhulaingíonn ionsaí sceimhlitheoireachta nó tubaiste nádúrtha nó de dhéantús an duine, ní h éis aidhm d'aon fhoráil in Airteagal 222 difear a dhéanamh do cheart Ballstáit eile na meáin is iomchuí a roghnú chun a oibleagáid dlúthpháirtíochta féin i leith an Bhallstáit sin a chomhlíonadh.