Insofar as all the candidate countries listed in the Declaration on the enlargement of the European Union have not yet acceded to the Union when the new vote weightings take effect (1 January 2005), the threshold for a qualified majority will move, according to the pace of accessions, from a percentage below the current one to a maximum of 73,4 %.
Sa mhéid nach bhfuil gach tir is iarrthóir atá liostaithe sa Dearbhú maidir le méadú an Aontais Eorpaigh tar éis aontú fós don Aontas nuair a thagann an t-ualú nua votai i bhfeidhm (1 Eanáir 2005), athrófar an tairseach le haghaidh tromlaigh cháilithe ó chéatadán is lú ná an céatadán láithreach go dtí uasmhéid 73,4 %, de réir rithim na n-aontachas.