cast the member state vote. The Lisbon Treaty specifies in Article 16 that the Council shall act by a qualified majority voting (QMV) in areas of competence with certain exceptions. Qualified majority voting now extends to policy areas that required unanimity according to the Nice Treaty. The new areas of QMV are: ! Area !! Nice !! Lisbon !! Reference |- | Initiatives of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs || Unanimity || QMV following unanimous request || 15b TEU |- | Rules concerning the European Defence Agency || Unanimity || QMV || 45(2) TEU |- | Freedom to establish a business || Unanimity || QMV || 50 TFEU |- | Self-employment access rights || Unanimity || QMV || 50 TFEU |- | Freedom, security and justice – cooperation and evaluation || Unanimity || QMV || 70 TFEU |- | Border checks || Unanimity || QMV || 77 TFEU |- | Asylum || Unanimity || QMV || 78 TFEU |- | Immigration || Unanimity || QMV || 79 TFEU |- | Crime prevention incentives || Unanimity || QMV || 69c TFEU |- | Eurojust || Unanimity || QMV || 69d TFEU |- | Police cooperation || Unanimity || QMV || 69f TFEU |- | Europol || Unanimity || QMV || 69g TFEU |- | Transport || Unanimity || QMV || 71§2 TFEU |- | European Central Bank || Unanimity || QMV (in part) || 129 TFEU, 283 TFEU |- | Culture || Unanimity || QMV || 151 TFEU |- | Structural and Cohension Funds || Unanimity || QMV || 161 TFEU |- | Organisation of the Council of the European Union || Unanimity || QMV || 201b TFEU |- | European Court of Justice || Unanimity || QMV || 245, 224a, 225a TFEU |- | Freedom of movement for workers || Unanimity || QMV || 46 TFEU |- | Social security || Unanimity || QMV || 48 TFEU |- | Criminal judicial cooperation || Unanimity || QMV || 69a TFEU |- | Criminal law || Unanimity || QMV || 69b TFEU |- | President of the European Council election || (New item) || QMV || 9b§5 TEU |- | Foreign Affairs High Representative election || (New item) || QMV || 9e§1 TEU |- | Funding the Common Foreign and Security Policy || Unanimity || QMV || 28 TEU |- | Common defense policy || Unanimity || QMV || 28e TEU