The rights enshrined in Article 6 must be respected particularly when the European Parliament and the Council adopt legislative acts in the area of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, on the basis of Articles 82, 83 and 85 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, notably to define common minimum provisions as regards the categorisation of offences and punishments and certain aspects of procedural law.
Ní mór na cearta atá cumhdaithe in Airteagal 6 a urramú, go háirithe nuair a bheidh dlíthe agus gníomhartha reachtacha á nglacadh ag Parlaimint na hEorpa agus ag an gComhairle i réimse an chomhair bhreithiúnaigh in ábhair choiriúla, ar bhonn Airteagail 82, 83 agus 85 den Chonradh ar Fheidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh, go háirithe chun na forálacha íosta coiteanna a shainmhíniú maidir le cionta agus pionóis a aicmiú agus maidir le gnéithe áirithe den dlí nós imeachta.