ومع ذلك فلأن، رومانيا قد طرحت مسألة موضوعية جوهرية فإنها قد راعت كونها طرفاً في اتفاقية ألفييدو وفي البروتوكول الإضافي لباريس، وهما صكان مدمجان في قانونها الداخلي.
Romania had therefore had no alternative but to abstain. Nonetheless, if a basic issue had been raised, Romania would have acted consistently with the fact that it was party to the Oviedo Convention and the Additional Paris Protocol, both of which it had incorporated into its domestic legislation.