Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076 of 20 December 2018 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) In view of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union, Annex III to the Rules of Procedure should also include the figures applicable from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom.
(5) The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2019,
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 2019.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 2018. For the Council The President E. Köstinger
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 1.2.
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 2019 until the date on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom or until 31 December 2019, at the latest, shall be as follows: Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 82719022 16,12 France 67221943 13,10 United Kingdom 66238007 12,90 Italy 61166142 11,92 Spain 46659302 9,09 Poland 37976687 7,40 Romania 19523621 3,80 Netherlands 17321110 3,37 Belgium 11413058 2,22 Greece 10738928 2,09 Czechia 10493154 2,04 Portugal 10291027 2,00 Sweden 10157000 1,98 Hungary 9778371 1,91 Austria 8802000 1,71 Bulgaria 7050034 1,37 Denmark 5774877 1,13 Finland 5501930 1,07 Slovakia 5443120 1,06 Ireland 4830392 0,94 Croatia 4105493 0,80 Lithuania 2808901 0,55 Slovenia 2066880 0,40 Latvia 1934379 0,38 Estonia 1319133 0,26 Cyprus 864236 0,17 Luxembourg 600124 0,12 Malta 475701 0,09 EU-28 513274572 Threshold (65 %) 333628472 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 the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom to 31 December 2019, shall be as follows: Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 82719022 18,50 France 67221943 15,04 Italy 61166142 13,68 Spain 46659302 10,44 Poland 37976687 8,50 Romania 19523621 4,37 Netherlands 17321110 3,87 Belgium 11413058 2,55 Greece 10738928 2,40 Czechia 10493154 2,35 Portugal 10291027 2,30 Sweden 10157000 2,27 Hungary 9778371 2,19 Austria 8802000 1,97 Bulgaria 7050034 1,58 Denmark 5774877 1,29 Finland 5501930 1,23 Slovakia 5443120 1,22 Ireland 4830392 1,08 Croatia 4105493 0,92 Lithuania 2808901 0,59 Slovenia 2066880 0,46 Latvia 1934379 0,43 Estonia 1319133 0,30 Cyprus 864236 0,19 Luxembourg 600124 0,13 Malta 475701 0,11 EU-27 447036565 Threshold (65 %) 290573768