Member States shall consult each other with a view to taking together the steps needed to prevent the functioning of the common market being affected by measures which a Member State may be called upon to take in the event of serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law and order, in the event of war, serious international tension constituting a threat of war, or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security.
Rachaidh na Ballstáit i gcomhairle le chéile d'fhonn go ndéanfar i gcomhar na nithe is gá chun nach gcoiscfi feidhmiú an chómhargaidh mar gheall ar bhearta a bhcadh le dcanamh ag Ballstát i gcás suaitheadh tromchúiseach inmheánach a dhul i geion ar an ord poiblí, i gcás cogaidh nó i gcás mórtheannas idirnáisiúnta a mbeadh bagairt chogaidh ann, nó chun oibleagáidí a chomhlíonadh a bhí glaetha aige d'fhonn an tsíocháin agus an tslándáil idir náisiúnta a choimeád.