Council Decision of 20 December 2007 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure (2007/881/EC)
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 121(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1) and 41(1) thereof,
Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure,
Whereas:
(1) Article 11(5) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter referred to as Rules of Procedure) provides that when a decision is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, and if a member of the Council so requests, it shall be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the European Union calculated according to the population figures set out in Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure.
(2) Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure, on detailed rules for implementing the provisions concerning the weighting of votes in the Council, provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council shall, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Communities on 30 September of the preceding year, amend the figures set out in Article 1 of that Annex.
(3) The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for 2008,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following:
Article 1
Article 1
For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the EC Treaty, Article 118(4) of the Euratom Treaty, and the third subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the EU Treaty, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2008 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1000) Germany 82314,9 France 63392,1 United Kingdom 60823,8 Italy 59131,3 Spain 44474,6 Poland 38125,5 Romania 21565,1 Netherlands 16358 Greece 11171,7 Portugal 10599,1 Belgium 10584,5 Czech Republic 10287,2 Hungary 10066,1 Sweden 9113,2 Austria 8298,9 Bulgaria 7679,3 Denmark 5447,1 Slovakia 5393,6 Finland 5276,9 Ireland 4319,4 Lithuania 3384,9 Latvia 2281,3 Slovenia 2010,3 Estonia 1342,4 Cyprus 778,7 Luxembourg 476,2 Malta 407,8 Total 495103,9 Threshold (62 %) 306964,4
Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2008. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007. For the Council The President F. Nunes Correia