Paragraph 3 is intended to ensure the necessary consistency between the Charter and the ECHR by establishing the rule that, in so far as the rights in the present Charter also correspond to rights guaranteed by the ECHR, the meaning and scope of those rights, including authorised limitations, are the same as those laid down by the ECHR.
Tá mír 3 ceaptha an comhchuibheas is gá a áirithiú idir an Chairt agus an CECD trína rialú, a mhéad a fhreagraíonn na cearta sa Chairt seo don a cearta a ráthaítear sa CECD, gur ionann brí agus raon feidhme dóibh, lena n-áirítear teorainneacha údaraithe, agus dóibh siúd a leagtar síos sa CECD.