This double criterion was chosen because a single fixed amount would not reflect the big differences in economic strength (and therefore budgetary response capacities) of the Member States and lead to great injustices and unequal treatment of Member States.
Dvostruki kriterij odabran je jer jedinstveni fiksni iznos ne bi odražavao velike razlike u gospodarskoj snazi država članica (a time i u proračunskim kapacitetima za odgovor) te bi se time uzrokovale velike nepravde i nejednako postupanje prema državama članicama.