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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. 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

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 2024.

(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 2024.

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2023. For the Council The President P. Navarro Ríos

ANNEX

Anx. iii. Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 84311244 18,72 France 68070697 15,11 Italy 59691110 13,25 Spain 48063694 10,67 Poland 37723532 8,37 Romania 19051562 4,23 Netherlands 17956453 3,99 Belgium 11754004 2,61 Czechia 10833385 2,40 Sweden 10541000 2,34 Portugal 10516621 2,33 Greece 10415585 2,31 Hungary 9599744 2,13 Austria 9087000 2,02 Bulgaria 6498567 1,44 Denmark 5921952 1,31 Finland 5593070 1,24 Slovakia 5454629 1,21 Ireland 5194336 1,15 Croatia 3850894 0,85 Lithuania 2857279 0,63 Slovenia 2116972 0,47 Latvia 1883008 0,42 Estonia 1365884 0,3 Cyprus 920701 0,2 Luxembourg 658278 0,15 Malta 542051 0,12’ EU 27 450473252 Threshold (65 %) 292807614

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 84311244 18,72 France 68070697 15,11 Italy 59691110 13,25 Spain 48063694 10,67 Poland 37723532 8,37 Romania 19051562 4,23 Netherlands 17956453 3,99 Belgium 11754004 2,61 Czechia 10833385 2,40 Sweden 10541000 2,34 Portugal 10516621 2,33 Greece 10415585 2,31 Hungary 9599744 2,13 Austria 9087000 2,02 Bulgaria 6498567 1,44 Denmark 5921952 1,31 Finland 5593070 1,24 Slovakia 5454629 1,21 Ireland 5194336 1,15 Croatia 3850894 0,85 Lithuania 2857279 0,63 Slovenia 2116972 0,47 Latvia 1883008 0,42 Estonia 1365884 0,3 Cyprus 920701 0,2 Luxembourg 658278 0,15 Malta 542051 0,12’ EU 27 450473252 Threshold (65 %) 292807614

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