Member states shall be treated on a strictly equal footing as regards determination of the sequence of, and the time spent by, their nationals as members of the commission; consequently, the difference between the total number of terms of office held by nationals of any given pair of Member States may never be more than one;
cuirfear an chóir chomhionann cheannann chéanna ar na Ballstáit i dtaca leis an ord san am agus an ré ina mbeidh a náisiúnaigh mar chomhaltaí den Choimisiún a chinneadh; dá bhrí sin, ní fhéadfaidh an difríocht idir líon iomlán na dtéarmaí oifige arna sealbhú ag náisiúnaigh aon dá Bhallstát ar leith bheith níos mó ná téarma amháin;