The European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors shall exercise their powers under the conditions and for the purposes provided for, on the one hand, by the provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and of the subsequent Treaties and Acts modifying and supplementing them and, on the other hand, by the other provisions of this Treaty.`
Evropski parlament, Svet, Komisija, Sodišče in Računsko sodišče izvajajo svoje pristojnosti pod pogoji in v namene, predvidene z določbami pogodb o ustanovitvi Evropskih skupnosti ter poznejših pogodb in aktov, ki prve spreminjajo in dopolnjujejo, pa tudi z drugimi določbami te pogodbe."