Cependant, vu que l'affaire C-648/11 était pendante devant la Cour de justice et que l'arrêt rendu dans cette affaire allait fournir l'orientation qui permettrait de former le principe de l'article 8, paragraphe 4, les colégislateurs avaient convenu que le nouvel article 8, paragraphe 4, respecterait le principe qui figurerait dans l'arrêt de la Cour.
However, as Court case C-648/11 was pending with the Court of Justice and the outcome of that case would contain the guiding principle for shaping the rule of Article 8(4), the co-legislators agreed that the rule to be decided by the Court would eventually become the final new rule in Article 8(4).