Z odstopanjem od člena 300 lahko Svet na priporočilo ECB ali Komisije in po posvetovanju z ECB v prizadevanju doseči soglasje, združljivo s ciljem stabilnosti cen, po posvetovanju z Evropskim parlamentom in v skladu s postopkom iz odstavka 3 za določitev modalitet soglasno sklene formalne sporazume o sistemu deviznih tečajev za eku glede na valute nečlanic Skupnosti.
By way of derogation from Article 300, the Council may, acting unanimously on a recommendation from the ECB or from the Commission, and after consulting the ECB in an endeavour to reach a consensus consistent with the objective of price stability, after consulting the European Parliament, in accordance with the procedure in paragraph 3 for determining the arrangements, conclude formal agreements on an exchange-rate system for the ECU in relation to non-Community currencies.