En variant består i at fastsætte, at når en medlemsstat anmoder om. at en afgørelse, der normalt skulle træffes med kvalificeret flertal, undtagelsesvis træffes med enstemmighed, kan dens anmodning kun afvises med kvalificeret flertal.
An alternative would be to stipulate that, where a Member State requested that a decision nor­mally to be taken by a qualified majority should ex­ceptionally be taken unanimously, its request could be rejected only by a qualified majority.