Council Decision of 9 December 2014 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure (2014/900/EU)
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Article 11(6) of the Council's Rules of Procedure,
Whereas:
(1) From 1 November 2014, when an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, it must be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 65 % of the population of the Union.
(2) Until 31 March 2017, when an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, a member of the Council may request that it be adopted in accordance with the qualified majority as defined in Article 3(3) of Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. In that case, a member of the Council may request that a check be made to ensure that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union.
(3) Those percentages are calculated according to the population figures set out in Annex III to the Council's Rules of Procedure (hereinafter Rules of Procedure).
(4) Article 11(6) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council is to amend the figures set out in that Annex, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year.
(5) The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2015,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex III to the Rules of Procedure is replaced by the following:
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2015.
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2014. For the Council The President C. De Vincenti
ANNEX
ANNEX III
Figures concerning the population of the Union and the population of each Member State for implementing the provisions concerning qualified majority voting in the Council For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU, Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU and Article 3(2) of Protocol No 36, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State's population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1000) Percentage of the population of the Union Germany 80704,691 15,91 France 66076,909 13,02 United Kingdom 64105,654 12,63 Italy 61152,798 12,05 Spain 46507,760 9,17 Poland 38018,000 7,49 Romania 19942,642 3,93 Netherlands 17082,000 3,37 Belgium 11203,992 2,21 Greece 10992,783 2,17 Portugal 10427,301 2,06 Czech Republic 10398,697 2,05 Hungary 9877,365 1,95 Sweden 9644,864 1,90 Austria 8511,000 1,68 Bulgaria 7245,677 1,43 Denmark 5621,607 1,11 Finland 5451,270 1,07 Slovakia 5400,598 1,06 Ireland 4604,029 0,91 Croatia 4246,809 0,84 Lithuania 2943,472 0,58 Slovenia 2061,085 0,41 Latvia 2001,468 0,39 Estonia 1315,819 0,26 Cyprus 858,000 0,17 Luxembourg 549,680 0,11 Malta 425,384 0,08 Total 507371,354 Threshold (62 %) 314570,239 Threshold (65 %) 329791,380