Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/2393 of 8 December 2015 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
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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 (the 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 2016,
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 date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2016.
Done at Brussels, 8 December 2015. For the Council The President P. Gramegna
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 2016 to 31 December 2016 shall be as follows: Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union Germany 81089331 15,93 France 66352469 13,04 United Kingdom 64767115 12,73 Italy 61438480 12,07 Spain 46439864 9,12 Poland 38005614 7,47 Romania 19861408 3,90 Netherlands 17155169 3,37 Belgium 11258434 2,21 Greece 10846979 2,13 Czech Republic 10419743 2,05 Portugal 10374822 2,04 Hungary 9855571 1,94 Sweden 9790000 1,92 Austria 8581500 1,69 Bulgaria 7202198 1,42 Denmark 5653357 1,11 Finland 5471753 1,08 Slovakia 5403134 1,06 Ireland 4625885 0,91 Croatia 4225316 0,83 Lithuania 2921262 0,57 Slovenia 2062874 0,41 Latvia 1986096 0,39 Estonia 1313271 0,26 Cyprus 847008 0,17 Luxembourg 562958 0,11 Malta 429344 0,08 Total 508940955 Threshold (62 %) 315543392 Threshold (65 %) 330811621.