Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/2320 of 22 December 2021 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 2022.
(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 2022.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2021. For the Council The President G. Dovžan
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 83120520 18,57 France 67439614 15,07 Italy 59862348 13,38 Spain 47394223 10,59 Poland 37840001 8,45 Romania 19186201 4,29 Netherlands 17617840 3,94 Belgium 11566041 2,58 Greece 10682547 2,39 Czechia 10574153 2,36 Sweden 10370000 2,32 Portugal 10298252 2,30 Hungary 9730772 2,17 Austria 8926000 1,99 Bulgaria 6916548 1,55 Denmark 5833883 1,30 Finland 5527493 1,24 Slovakia 5459781 1,22 Ireland 5006324 1,12 Croatia 4036355 0,90 Lithuania 2795680 0,62 Slovenia 2108977 0,47 Latvia 1893223 0,42 Estonia 1330068 0,30 Cyprus 896000 0,20 Luxembourg 633347 0,14 Malta 516100 0,12 EU-27 447562291 Threshold (65 %) 290915489