An agreement may not be concluded by the Council if it includes provisions which would go beyond the Community's internal powers, in particular by leading to harmonisation of the laws or regulations of the Member States in an area for which this Treaty rules out such harmonisation.
Ní fhéadfaidh an Chomhairle comhaontú a thabhairt i gcrích má tá ann forálacha a rachadh thar chumhachtaí inmheánacha an Chomhphobail, go háirithe forálacha a sa dtig comhchuibhiú ar dhlíthe nó rialacháin na mBallstát i réimse in an eisiata r comhchuibhiú den sórt sin leis an gConradh seo.