When a decision is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, a member of the Council may request verification that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union.
Nuair atá cinneadh le glacadh ag an gComhairle tri thromlach cáilithe, féadfaidh comhalta den Chomhairle a iarraidh go bhfíoraítear go bhfuil na Ballstáit a chomhdhéanann an tromlach cáilithe in ionannas le 62 % ar a laghad de dhaonra iomlán an Aontais.