Following notification under paragraph 2 by a prospective member, the Member State which has received that notification shall, taking into account its constitutional structure, approve the prospective member's participation in the EGTC and the convention, unless that Member State considers that:
Tar éis fógra faoi mhír 2 a fháil ó chomhalta ionchasach, déanfaidh an Ballstát a mbeidh an fógra sin faighte aige, agus a struchtúr bunreachtúil á chur san áireamh aige, rannpháirtíocht an chomhalta ionchasaigh in EGTC agus sa choinbhinsiún a fhormheas mura rud é go measann an Ballstát sin: