The joint declaration will set out broad objectives and priorities for the following year and will identify items of major political importance which, without prejudice to the powers conferred by the Treaties on the co-legislators, should receive priority treatment in the legislative process.
Leagfar amach sa chomhdhearbhú cuspóirí ginearálta agus tosaíochtaí don bhliain dar gcionn agus sainaithneofar ann ítimí a bhfuil mórthábhacht pholaitiúil leo ar cheart, gan dochar do na cumhachtaí arna dtarmligean ar na comhreachtóirí ag na Conarthaí, déileáil leo ar bhonn tosaíochta sa phróiseas reachtach.