system of the Council, was amended by Article 14 of the Accession Treaty regulating the enlargement of the community by Portugal and Spain. Acts of the Council now required for their adoption: 54 votes (if the act was proposed by the Commission), or 54 votes by at least 8 member states (if the act was not proposed by the Commission). The votes allocated previously to the EU-10 did not change. To the new members, the following votes were allocated: 8 votes: Spain, 5 votes: Portugal. The Treaty of Maastricht established the European Community Treaty (EC Treaty) where the qualified majority voting system was detailed in Article 148. While this treaty transferred some policy areas subject to unanimity to qualified majority, it neither changed the voting weights nor the thresholds. Accession Treaty (1995–2004) Article 148 of the EC Treaty, specifying the qualified majority voting system of the Council, was amended by Article 8 of the Accession Treaty regulating the enlargement of the community by Austria, Finland, and Sweden. Acts of the Council now required for their adoption: 62 votes (if the act was proposed by the Commission), or 62 votes by at least 10 member states (if the act was not proposed by the Commission). The votes allocated previously to the EU-12 did not change. To the new members, the following votes were allocated: 4 votes: Austria, Sweden, 3 votes: Finland. Treaty of Nice (2004–14/17) The voting system of the Council as defined in the Treaty of Nice was supposed to enter into force on 1 January 2005. However, the voting system was changed before that date by the Treaty of Accession 2003, which entered into force on 1 May 2004. During a temporary period that extended to 1 November 2004, the old pre-Nice voting system was kept, but adapted to the new number of member states. From 1 November 2004, a new voting system based on the Nice system entered into force. The voting weights of the member states according to that voting system are shown in the table on the right. The voting system was replaced by the Treaty of Lisbon, effective 1 November 2014. The following conditions applied to taking decisions: Majority of countries: 50% + one, if proposal made by the Commission; or else at least two-thirds (66.67%), and At least 232 votes (1 November 2004–31 December 2006), 255 votes (1 January 2007–30 June 2013), or 260