According to Article 51 of the Charter, the latter’s provisions are addressed to the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and to the Member States only when they are implementing Union law.
V skladu s členom 51 Listine se njene določbe uporabljajo za institucije, organe, urade in agencije Unije ob spoštovanju načela subsidiarnosti, za države članice pa samo, kadar izvajajo pravo Unije.