Man kan tænke sig. at den bl. a. her tænker på erklæringen om de politiske institutioners grundlæggende rettigheder af 5. april 1977, Kommissionens memorandum angående Fællesskabernes tiltrædelse af den europæiske menneskerettighedskonvention og måske de almindelige direkte valg til Europa-Parlamentet "").
Here it may well have had in mind the joint decla­ration on fundamental rights issued by the political institutions on 5 April 1977, the Commission memorandum on Community accession to the European Convention on Human Rights and perhaps also the fact that the European Parliament is now elected by direct universal suffrage. "°