DEGrundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit(IETEICAMS); Notwendigkeitsprinzip(PIEĻAUJAMS)
FRprincipe de proportionnalité
Definīcija:Principle in accordance with which the Commission, pursuant to the Amsterdam Protocol, proposes measures which are proportional to the aim pursued, allowing each Member State the largest possible margin for realising these measures on a national scale.