Member States shall consult each other with a view to taking together the steps needed to prevent the functioning of the internal market being affected by measures which a Member State may be called upon to take in the event of serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law and order, in the event of war, serious international tension constituting a threat of war, or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security.
Rachaidh na Ballstáit i gcomhairle le chéile d'fhonn na nithe is gá a dhéanamh i gcomhar le chéile chun nach gcoiscfí oibriú an mhargaidh inmheánaigh mar gheall ar bhearta a bheadh le glacadh ag Ballstát i gcás suaitheadh tromchúiseach inmheánacha dhul i gcion ar anord poiblí, i gcás cogaidh nó i gcás mórtheannais idirnáisiúnta a mbeadh bagairt chogaidh ann, nó chun oibleagáidí a chomhlíonadh a bhí glactha aige d'fhonn an tsíocháin agus an tslándáil idirnáisiúnta a chaomhnú.