Såfremt forslaget om mistillidsvotum vedtages med to tredjedels flertal af de afgivne stemmer og af et flertal af Europa-Parlamentets medlemmer, skal Kommissionens medlemmer samlet nedlægge deres hverv, og EU-udenrigsministeren nedlægger de hverv, denne udøver i Kommissionen.  
If the motion of censure is carried by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast, representing a majority of the component members of the European Parliament, the members of the Commission shall resign as a body and the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs shall resign from duties that he or she carries out in the Commission.  