Commentary on Sections Schedule 1: Treaty provisions where amendment removing need for unanimity, consensus or common accord would attract referendum
128.This Schedule lists those Treaty provisions which are covered by the provisions in sections 4 and 6, in the event of a future proposal to remove the need for unanimity, consensus or common accord (through a proposed move to simple or qualified majority voting) when making decisions in the Council or European Council on measures resulting from that Treaty provision. This means that a referendum is needed only before the UK can agree to any proposed treaty change or decision under Article 48(6) or 48(7) TEU which would remove the UK veto over agreeing proposals made under any of the Articles in Schedule 1. Actual use of these Articles will not require a referendum. So, for example, the UK could vote in favour of a legislative proposal made under Article 115 TFEU and no referendum would be required. However, if there was a proposal to change the voting on that Article to qualified majority voting, that would mean the UK would lose its veto and a referendum would be required before the UK could agree to such a proposal. If the UK blocked such a proposal during the negotiations because it did not support it, then no referendum would be required.
129.Set out below are those Treaty Articles where further explanation is required and such explanation has not been given in the sections above. These Articles all fall into one of the following areas:
	common foreign and security policy, or other Treaty Articles with military, defence or national security implications;
	rights of membership and enlargement, including basic structures of the EU;
	association and international agreements;
	national economic, tax, fiscal or energy policy, or the budget and financial management of the EU;
	justice and home affairs;
	citizenship and elections;
	social, social security and employment policy.