The rights and obligations arising from agreements concluded before 1 January 1958 or, for acceding States, before the date of their accession, between one or more Member States on the one hand, and one or more third countries on the other, shall not be affected by the provisions of the Treaties.
Ní dhéanfaidh forálacha na gConarthaí difear do na cearta agus na hoibleagáidí a éiríonn as comhaontuithe a tugadh i gcrích roimh an 1 Eanáir 1958, nó i gcás Stát aontach, roimh dháta a n-aontachais, idir Ballstát nó Ballstáit ar thaobh amháin agus tríú tír nó tríú tíortha ar an taobh eile.