In cases requiring a rapid decision, the Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, of the Minister's own motion or at the request of a Member State, shall convene an extraordinary meeting of the Council within forty-eight hours or, in an emergency, within a shorter period.
I gcásanna ina mbeidh gá le cinneadh sciobtha, comórfaidh Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha an Aontais, uaidh féin nó arna iarraidh sin do Bhallstát, cruinniú urghnách den Chomhairle laistigh d'ocht n-uaire daichead nó, má tá éigeandáil ann, laistigh de thréimhse níos giorra.