Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2017/2461 of 12 December 2017 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 the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Article 11(6) of the Council's Rules of Procedure,
Whereas:
(1) When an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, it has to be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 65 % of the population of the Union.
(2) That percentage is calculated according to the population figures set out in Annex III to the Council's Rules of Procedure (the Rules of Procedure).
(3) 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.
(4) The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2018,
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 2018.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 2017. For the Council The President S. Mikser
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 and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, 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 2018 to 31 December 2018 shall be as follows: Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 82437641 16,10 France 67024633 13,09 United Kingdom 65808573 12,85 Italy 61219113 11,95 Spain 46528966 9,08 Poland 37972964 7,41 Romania 19638309 3,83 Netherlands 17220721 3,36 Belgium 11365834 2,22 Greece 10757293 2,10 Czech Republic 10467628 2,04 Portugal 10309573 2,01 Sweden 10080000 1,97 Hungary 9797561 1,91 Austria 8752500 1,71 Bulgaria 7101859 1,39 Denmark 5743947 1,12 Finland 5499447 1,07 Slovakia 5435343 1,06 Ireland 4774833 0,93 Croatia 4154213 0,81 Lithuania 2847904 0,56 Slovenia 2065895 0,40 Latvia 1950116 0,38 Estonia 1315635 0,26 Cyprus 854802 0,17 Luxembourg 589370 0,12 Malta 440433 0,09 EU 28 512155106 Threshold (65 %) 332900819