2, således, at tærsklen for det kvalificerede flertal udtrykt i stemmer ikke overstiger den tærskel, der følger af tabellen i erklæringen vedrørende udvidelsen af Den Europæiske Union, som er optaget i slutakten fra den konference, der vedtog Nice-traktaten.  
For subsequent accessions, the threshold referred to in paragraph 2 shall be calculated to ensure that the qualified majority threshold expressed in votes does not exceed that resulting from the table in the Declaration on the enlargement of the European Union in the Final Act of the Conference which adopted the Treaty of Nice.  