Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Nordirland har tilsidesat sine forpligtelser i henhold til EF-traktatens artikel 52 (nu artikel 43 EF), idet det har indsat den såkaldte nationalitetsklausul i Bermuda II-aftalen af 1977.
In Case C-468/98, I propose that the Court declare: that, by inserting the nationality clause in the Bermuda II Agreement of 1977, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 52 of the EC Treaty (now Article 43 EC);