The European Council has also taken cognizance of the unilateral Declarations in Annex 3, which will be associated with the Danish act of ratification of the Treaty on European Union.

ANNEX I

DECISION OF THE HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT, MEETING WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, CONCERNING CERTAIN PROBLEMS RAISED BY DENMARK ON THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION

The Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, whose governments are signatories of the Treaty on European Union, which involves independent and sovereign States having freely decided, in accordance with the existing Treaties, to exercise in common some of their competences,

• Desiring to settle, in conformity with the Treaty on European Union, particular problems existing at the present time specifically for Denmark and raised in its memorandum Denmark in Europe' of 30 October 1992,
• having regard to the conclusions of the Edinburgh European Council on subsidiarity and transparency,
• noting the Declarations of the Edinburgh European Council relating to Denmark,
• taking cognizance of the unilateral declarations of Denmark made on the same occasion which will be associated with its act of ratification,
• noting that Denmark does not intend to make use of the following provisions in such a way as to prevent closer cooperation and action among Member States compatible with the Treaty and within the framework of the Union and its objectives,

Have agreed on the following decision:

SECTION A

Citizenship

The provisions, of Part Two of the Treaty establishing the European Communities relating to citizenship of the Union give nationals of the Member States additional rights and protection as specified in that Part. They do not in any way take the place of national citizenship The question whether an individual possesses the nationality of a Member State will be settled solely by

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