Those responsibilities which national parliaments, in ratifying the Treaties, have transferred to the Union should not be exercised by the Council (i.e. national ministers) alone.
Pienākumi, kurus dalībvalstu parlamenti, ratificējot līgumus, ir nodevuši Savienības ziņā, nav jāveic Padomei (t.i., dalībvalstu ministriem) vienai pašai.