The legal basis defines the Community's competence ratione materiae and specifies how that competence is to be exercised, namely the legislative instrument(s) which may be used and the decision-making procedure.
Juridiskais pamats nosaka Kopienas kompetenci ratione materiae un norāda, kā šo kompetenci īstenot, proti, izmantojamos juridiskos līdzekļus un lēmumu pieņemšanas procedūru.