Conscious of the attachment of the new Member States to the preservation of the standards they have implemented in certain fields, owing in particular to their special geographical and climatic conditions, the Contracting Parties have agreed, exceptionally and for specific cases, on a procedure for examining the existing 'acquis communautaire', with the full participation of the new Member States, under the terms and conditions laid down in the Accession Treaty.
Ós feasach dóibh gur mór ag na Ballstáit nua caomhnú na gcaighdeán atá curtha chun feidhme acu i réimsí áirithe, go háirithe de bharr a ndálaí speisialta geografacha agus aeráide, tá na Páirtithe Conarthacha tar éis comhaontú, go heisceachtúil agus le haghaidh cásanna sonracha, ar nós imeachta chun an "acquis communautaire" atá ann a scrúdú, le lánrannpháirtíocht na mBallstát nua, faoi na téarmaí agus coinníollacha atá leagtha síos sa Chonradh Aontachais.