This Article cannot serve as a basis for attaining objectives pertaining to the common foreign and security policy and any acts adopted pursuant to this Article shall respect the limits set out in Article 40, second paragraph, of the Treaty on European Union.
Ní fhéadfar an tAirteagal seo a úsáid mar bhunús chun cuspóir a bhaineann leis an gcomhbheartas eachtrach agus slándála a bhaint amach agus urramóidh gach gníomh a ghlacfar i gcomhréir leis an Airteagal seo na teorainneacha a leagtar amach sa dara mír d'Airteagal 40 den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach.