1, tager medlemsstaterne i betragtning, at de fordele, hvorom de hver især har givet tilsagn i forfatningen, indgår som integrerende dele af Unionen og derfor hænger uløseligt sammen med oprettelsen af institutioner med beføjelser tildelt i forfatningen og med de andre medlemsstaters indrømmelse af identiske fordele.  
In applying the agreements referred to in the first paragraph, Member States shall take into account the fact that the advantages accorded under the Constitution by each Member State form an integral part of the Union and are thereby inseparably linked with the creation of institutions on which powers have been conferred by the Constitution and the granting of identical advantages by all the other Member States.  