Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2022/2518 of 13 December 2022 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 2023.
(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 2023.
Done at Brussels, 13 December 2022. For the Council The President M. Bek
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 83203320 18,59 France 67842582 15,16 Italy 59607184 13,32 Spain 47432805 10,6 Poland 37654247 8,41 Romania 19038098 4,25 Netherlands 17734036 3,96 Belgium 11631136 2,6 Greece 10603810 2,37 Czechia 10545457 2,36 Sweden 10440000 2,33 Portugal 10352042 2,31 Hungary 9689010 2,17 Austria 8967500 2,00 Bulgaria 6838937 1,53 Denmark 5864667 1,31 Finland 5541241 1,24 Slovakia 5434712 1,21 Ireland 5060004 1,13 Croatia 3862305 0,86 Lithuania 2805998 0,63 Slovenia 2107180 0,47 Latvia 1875757 0,42 Estonia 1331796 0,3 Cyprus 904700 0,2 Luxembourg 643648 0,14 Malta 520971 0,12 EU 27 447533143 Threshold (65 %) 290896543