In the event of one or more Member States being confronted with an emergency situation characterised by a sudden inflow of nationals of third countries and without prejudice to paragraph 1, the Council may, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, adopt provisional measures of a duration not exceeding six months for the benefit of the Member States concerned.
I gcás Ballstát nó Ballstáit a bheith i láthair staid éigeandála arb é a príomhthréith plódú tobann náisiúnach tríú tíortha agus gan dochar do mhír 1, féadfaidh an Chomhairle, ag gníomhú di trí thromlach cáilithe ar thogra ón gCoimisiún, bearta sealadacha a ghlacadh nach mó ar é ná sé mhí ar mhaithe leis na Ballstáit i dtrácht.