In the event that the Treaty of Lisbon enters into force later than 1 January 2009, the Conference requests the competent authorities of the Member State holding the six-monthly Presidency of the Council at that time, on the one hand, and the person elected President of the European Council and the person appointed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on the other hand, to take the necessary specific measures, in consultation with the following six-monthly Presidency, to allow an efficient handover of the material and organisational aspects of the Presidency of the European Council and of the Foreign Affairs Council.
I gcás ina dtiocfaidh Conradh Liospóin i bhfeidhm tar éis an 1 Eanáir 2009, iarrfaidh an Chomhdháil ar údaráis inniúla an Bhallstáit a bhfuil Uachtaránacht leathbhliantúil na Comhairle aige ag an am sin, de thaobh amháin, agus ar an duine a thoghfar ina Uachtarán ar an gComhairle Eorpach agus ar an duine a ainmneofar ina Ardionadaí an Aontais do Ghnóthaí Eachtracha agus don Bheartas Slándála, de thaobh eile, na bearta sonracha atá riachtanacha thógáil, i gcomhairle leis an Uachtaránacht atá le bheith ann don chéad leathbhliain eile, chun go mbeidh trasdul éifeachtach ann i leith gnéithe ábharacha agus eagrúcháin d'fheidhmiú Uachtaránacht na Comhairle Eorpaí agus na Comhairle Gnóthaí Eachtracha.