Notwithstanding the expiry of the period laid down in the third paragraph of Article 146, any party may, in proceedings in which a regulation of the Council or of the Commission is in issue, plead the grounds specified in the first paragraph of Article 146, in order to invoke before the Court of Justice the inapplicability of that regulation.
D'ainneoin an tréimhse atá leagtha sios sa tríú mir d'Airteagal 146 a bheith caite, féadfaidh páirti ar bith, i gcás imeachtaí ina mbeidh rialachán ón gComhairle nó ón gCoimisiún faoi shaincheist, na forais a phléadáil a shonraítear sa chéad mhír d'Airteagal 146, d'fhonn neamhfheidhmeacht an rialacháin sin a again os comhair na Cúirte Breithiúnais.