In exercising the powers and in compliance with the procedures laid down in the Treaty, and recalling the importance which they attach to the Community method, the three Institutions agree to observe general principles such as democratic legitimacy, subsidiarity and proportionality, and legal certainty.
Vse tri institucije se ob opozarjanju na pomen, ki ga pripisujejo metodi Skupnosti, strinjajo, da bodo pri izvajanju pooblastil in v skladu s postopki, določenimi v Pogodbi, spoštovale splošna načela, kot so demokratična legitimnost, subsidiarnost in sorazmernost ter pravna varnost.