In the event of fewer than ten new Member States acceding to the European Union, the threshold for the qualified majority shall be fixed by Council decision by applying a strictly linear, arithmetical interpolation, rounded up or down to the nearest vote, between 71% for a Council with 300 votes and the level of 72,27% for an EU of 25 Member States.
V primeru, da pristopi k Evropski uniji manj kot deset novih držav članic, se prag za kvalificirano večino določi s sklepom Sveta, ki dosledno uporabi linearno, aritmetično interpolacijo, ki je zaokrožena navzgor ali navzdol najbližjemu glasu, z vrednostjo med 71 % v primeru Sveta s 300 glasovi in ravnijo 72,27 % za EU s 25 državami članicami.