Whereas it is an essential feature of the legal system set up by the Treaties establishing the Communities that certain of their provisions and certain acts of the Community institutions are directly applicable, that Community law takes precedence over any national provisions conflicting with it, and that procedures exist for ensuring the uniform interpretation of this law; whereas accession to the Communities entails recognition of the binding force of these rules, observance of which is indispensable to guarantee the effectiveness and unity of Community law;
De bhri, go háirithe, gurb ë sainghné an oird dlí a fhoráiltear sna Conarthaí ag bunü na gComhphobal go bhfuil forálacha áirithe sna Conarthaí sin, agus gníomhartha áirithe a ghlac institiuldí na gComhphobal, inchurtha i bhfeidhm go díreach sna Ballstâit, go bhfuil tosaíocht ag dlí na gComhphobal ar fhorâlacha nâisiunta a bheadh contrártha dóibh, agus go bhfuil próiseas i réim á dhaingniü go lêireofar dlí na gComhphobal ar an gcuma chéanna i ngach Ballstãt; de bhrí nach folãir do chomhaltaí an Chomhphobail a aithint go bhfuil brí cheangailteach ag na rialacha sin, a ndlitear urraim a thabhairt dóibh chun éifeacht agus aontacht dlí na gComhphobal a dheimhniû;