Kommissionen og medlemsstaterne har under forhandlingerne til stadighed krævet, at kravene i henhold til aftalememorandummet alene skal kunne finde anvendelse på ekspropriationer, der er foretaget i modstrid med folkeretten.
The Commission and the Member States have consistently in our negotiations insisted on the fact that under the understanding, disciplines could only apply to expropriations which have taken place in contravention of international law.