In addition, the document explicitly lays out the possibility that talks could be suspended in the event of a "serious and persistent breach by Turkey of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law on which the Union is founded".
Osim toga, dokumentom se posebice ističe mogućnost suspendiranja razgovora u slučaju "da Turska ozbiljno i konstantno krši načela demokracije, poštivanja ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda kao i vladavinu zakona na kojima je Unija utemeljena".