ثم تنص المادة 1 (3) “تقرر الدول الأعضاء ما إذا كان للتجمعات المسجلة في سجلاتها، عملا بالمادة 6، شخصية اعتبارية”. وقد تُمنح ذات الأنماط من الكيانات، والتي يمنحها بـأهلية قانونية متساوية، نظام تأسيسي موحد، شخصية اعتبارية في إحدى الدول الأعضاء في الاتحاد الأوروبي، ولا تمنحها في دول أخرى.
According to article 1 (2) of the regulations creating that entity, “A grouping so formed shall, from the date of its registration as provided for in article 6, have the capacity, in its own name, to have rights and obligations of all kinds, to make contracts or accomplish other legal acts, and to sue and be sued.” Article 1 (3) then stipulates: “The member States shall determine whether or not groupings registered at their registries, pursuant to article 6, have legal personality.” The same types of entities, endowed with equal legal capacities by a uniform statute, may therefore be granted legal personality in one European Union member State and left without it in another.