Uanset bestemmelserne i stk. 3 anvendes de samme procedurer, når der skal træffes afgørelse om suspension af anvendelsen af en aftale, samt når det skal fastlægges, hvilke holdninger der skal indtages på Fællesskabets vegne i et organ, der er nedsat ved en aftale, der bygger på artikel 238, når dette organ skal vedtage beslutninger, der har retsvirkninger, bortset fra beslutninger, der supplerer eller ændrer den institutionelle ramme for aftalen.
By way of derogation from the rules laid down in paragraph 3, the same procedures shall apply for a decision to suspend the application of an agreement, and for the purpose of establishing the positions to be adopted on behalf of the Community in a body set up by an agreement based on Article 238, when that body is called upon to adopt decisions having legal effects, with the exception of decisions supplementing or amending the institutional framework of the agreement.