Special legislative procedures in the EU replace former consultation, cooperation, and assent procedures to simplify decision-making. These procedures require either consultation with or consent from the European Parliament. The Treaty of Lisbon introduced clauses allowing certain policy areas that previously required unanimity or special procedures to use ordinary legislative procedures and qualified majority voting instead. There are also specific clauses for certain policy areas like the multiannual budget, foreign policy, and family law. The document outlines the consultation and consent procedures, including the roles of different EU institutions and amendments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon.