Overgangsbestemmelserne vedrørende Europa-Parlamentets sammensætning, definitionen af kvalificeret flertal i Det Europæiske Råd og Rådet, herunder i de tilfælde, hvor ikke alle medlemmer af Det Europæiske Råd eller Rådet deltager i afstemningen, og Kommissionens sammensætning, herunder EU-udenrigsministeren, findes i protokollen om overgangsbestemmelser vedrørende Unionens institutioner og organer.  
The transitional provisions relating to the composition of the European Parliament, to the definition of a qualified majority in the European Council and in the Council, including those cases where not all members of the European Council or Council vote, and to the composition of the Commission, including the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, shall be laid down in the Protocol on the transitional provisions relating to the institutions and bodies of the Union.  