Where the independence of a profession cannot be adequately guaranteed by other means, Member States could consider the application of safeguards, such as limiting the shareholding of persons outside the profession or providing that the majority of the voting rights are to be held by persons practising the profession, as long as such safeguards do not go beyond what is necessary in order to protect the public interest objective.
I gcás nach féidir neamhspleáchas gairme a ráthú go leormhaith ar bhealach eile, ba cheart do na Ballstáit breithniú a dhéanamh ar choimircí a chur i bhfeidhm, amhail scairshealbhóireacht daoine lasmuigh den ghairm a theorannú nó foráil a dhéanamh gur daoine a shaothraíonn an ghairm atá le tromlach na gceart vótála a shealbhú, fad nach dtéann na coimircí sin thar a bhfuil riachtanach chun cuspóir leas an phobail a chosaint.