Men grundprincippet er, at man eksporterer medlemslandenes grundrettigheder i de nationale forfatninger og ifølge praksis i Menneskerettighedskommissionen og -domstolen i Strasbourg til Domstolen i Luxembourg og til Unionens myndigheder, der skal handle i enstemmighed.
But the basic principle is that the fundamental rights of the Member States in the national constitutions are being exported, and with them the practice of the Commission on Human Rights and the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg and to the Union's authorities, which shall act in unison.