The provisions of this Treaty shall not be invoked so as to prevent the implementation of agreements or contracts concluded before 1 January 1958 or, for acceding States, before the date of their accession, by a Member State, a person or an undertaking with a third State, an international organisation or a national of a third State where such agreements or contracts have been communicated to the Commission not later than 30 days after the aforesaid dates.
Ní bhainfear leas as forálacha an Chonartha seo chun cosc a chur le comhaontuithe nó conarthaí a chur i ngníomh a bhí tugtha i gcrích ag Ballstát, duine nó gnóthas le tríú Stát, le heagraíocht idirnáisiúnta nó le náisiúnach de thríú Stát roimh an 1 Eanáir 1958 nó, i gcás Stát aontach, roimh dháta a n-aontachais, má chuirtear na comhaontuithe nó na conarthaí sin in iúl don Choimisiún tráth nach déanaí ná tríocha lá tar éis na ndátaí réamhráite.