If there are serious shortcomings or any imminent risks of such shortcomings in a new Member State in the transposition, state of implementation or the application of the framework decisions or any other relevant commitments, instruments of cooperation and decisions relating to mutual recognition in the area of criminal law under Title VI of the EU Treaty, Directives and Regulations relating to mutual recognition in civil matters under Title IV of the EC Treaty, and European laws and framework laws adopted on the basis of Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter IV of Title III of Part III of the Constitution, the Commission may, until the end of a period of up to three years after 1 May 2004, upon the motivated request of a Member State or on its own initiative and after consulting the Member States, adopt European regulations or decisions establishing appropriate measures and specify the conditions and modalities under which these measures are put into effect.
Če v novi državi članici obstajajo hujše pomanjkljivosti ali grozi nevarnost takih pomanjkljivosti pri prenosu, stanju izvajanja ali uporabi okvirnih sklepov ali drugih ustreznih zavez, instrumentov sodelovanja in sklepov o vzajemnem priznavanju na področju kazenskega prava iz Naslova VI Pogodbe EU in direktiv ter uredb o vzajemnem priznavanju v civilnih zadevah iz Naslova IV Pogodbe ES ter evropskih zakonov in okvirnih zakonov, sprejetih na podlagi 3. in 4. oddelka IV. poglavja III. naslova III. dela Ustave, lahko Komisija do konca obdobja, ki lahko traja največ tri leta od 1. maja 2004, na utemeljeno prošnjo države članice ali na lastno pobudo in po posvetovanju z državami članicami, sprejme evropske uredbe ali sklepe, s katerimi določi ustrezne ukrepe ter podrobno opredeli pogoje in način njihovega izvajanja.