Češka republika, Republika Estonija, Republika Litva, Republika Poljska, Republika Slovenija in Slovaška republika razumejo, da Komisija pred odločitvijo, da bo proti njim uporabila ukrepe iz člena 38, da priložnost Češki republiki, Republiki Estoniji, Republiki Litvi, Republiki Poljski, Republiki Sloveniji in Slovaški republiki, da izrazijo svoja mnenja in stališča v skladu z Izjavo Komisije Evropskih skupnosti o splošni gospodarski zaščitni klavzuli, zaščitni klavzuli za notranji trg in zaščitni klavzuli za pravosodje in notranje zadeve, ki je priložena tej sklepni listini.
The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic understand that the Commission shall, before deciding on whether to apply the measures provided for in Article 38 against them, give the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic an opportunity to express their view and position in accordance with the Declaration by the Commission of the European Communities on the general safeguard clause, the internal market safeguard clause and the justice and home affairs safeguard clause, annexed to this Final Act.