BEARING IN MIND that the policy of the Union in accordance with Article 42 shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States and shall respect the obligations of certain Member States, which see their common defence realised in NATO, under the North Atlantic Treaty and be compatible with the common security and defence policy established within that framework,
A GCOIMEÁD I gCUIMHNE DÓIBH nach ndéanfaidh beartas an Aontais i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 42 dochar do cháilíocht shonrach beartais slándála agus cosanta Ballstát áirithe, agus go n-urramóidh sé na hoibleagáidí a chineann ó Chonradh an Atlantaigh Thuaidh i gcás Ballstát áirithe a mheasann go bhfuil a gcomhchosaint bainte amach acu in ECAT, agus go mbeidh sé ag luí leis an gcomhbheartas slándála agus cosanta arna bhunú sa chreat sin,