Agreements or contracts concluded between the signature and the entry into force of this Treaty by a person or an undertaking with a third State, an international organization or a national of a third State shall not. how ever, be invoked as grounds for failure to implement this Treaty if. in the opinion of the Court of Justice, ruling on an application from the Commission, one of the. decisive reasons on the part of either of the parties in concluding the agreement or contract was an intention to evade the provisions of this Treaty.
Ach comhaontuithe nó conarthai a thabharfaidh duine nó gnóthas i gcrích le tríú Stát, le heagraiocht idimáisiúnta nó le náisiúnach de thríú Stát, idir data an Chonartha seo a shiniú agus data a theacht i bhfeidhm, ní bhainfear leas astu chun gan an Conradh seo a chur i ngníomh más rud è, i dtuairim na Cúirte Breithiúnais, ag ríalú di ar iarratas ón gCoimisiún, gur chun éalú a bheith aige ó fhorálacha an Chonartha seo cúis amháin de na cúiseanna cinntitheacha a bhí ag ceachtar páirti leis an gcomhaontú nó an geonradh a thabhairt i gcrích.