A Member State asking for information from the register of the Member State of nationality would not necessarily obtain all the information existing on the person concerned: it would obtain only such data as the Member State of nationality believed it should keep under its own law.
Tādējādi dalībvalstīm dota rīcības brīvība, lai tās varētu saglabāt savas tiesiskās tradīcijas vārda brīvības jomā.