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 man-made disaster, none of the provisions of Article 188 R 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 don a 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 hé is aidhm d'aon fhoráil in Airteagal 188r 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.