Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030 of 10 December 2020 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, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,
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 2021.
(5) In accordance with Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Article 240 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies to the European Atomic Energy Community,
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 2021.
Done at Brussels, 10 December 2020. For the Council The President M. Roth
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
Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 83100961 18,54 France 67098824 14,97 Italy 60897891 13,58 Spain 47329981 10,56 Poland 37958138 8,47 Romania 19317984 4,31 Netherlands 17549457 3,91 Belgium 11549888 2,58 Greece 10709739 2,39 Czechia 10557001 2,35 Sweden 10330000 2,30 Portugal 10295909 2,30 Hungary 9769526 2,18 Austria 8897000 1,98 Bulgaria 6951482 1,55 Denmark 5816443 1,30 Finland 5521292 1,23 Slovakia 5457873 1,22 Ireland 4964440 1,11 Croatia 4058165 0,91 Lithuania 2794090 0,62 Slovenia 2095861 0,47 Latvia 1907675 0,43 Estonia 1328976 0,30 Cyprus 888005 0,20 Luxembourg 623962 0,14 Malta 514564 0,11 EU-27 448285127 Threshold (65 %) 291385333