I så tilfælde anses ovennævnte protokols bestemmelser ikke for at skabe nye retsvirkninger, men for at bevare de retsvirkninger, som bestemmelserne i den akt, der er nævnt i artikel 2, stk. 2, allerede har skabt på betingelserne i traktaten om en forfatning for Europa, traktaten om oprettelse af Det Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab og ovennævnte protokol.
In such event, the provisions of the aforementioned Protocol shall not be considered as creating a new legal effect, but as preserving, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and that Protocol, the legal effects which have already been created by the provisions of the Act referred to in Article 2(2).