In exercising their powers and in compliance with the procedures laid down in the Treaties, and recalling the importance which they attach to the Community method, the three Institutions agree to observe general principles of Union law, such as democratic legitimacy, subsidiarity and proportionality, and legal certainty.
I bhfeidhmiú na gcumhachtaí agus i gcomhlíonadh na nósanna imeachta a leagtar síos sna Conarthaí, agus ag meabhrú dóibh a thábhachtaí leo modh an Chomhphobail, comhaontaíonn na trí Institiúid go ndéanfaidh siad prionsabail ghinearálta dhlí an Aontais, amhail dlisteanacht dhaonlathach, coimhdeacht agus comhréireacht, agus deimhneacht dhlíthiúil a chomhall.