Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2024/3231 of 17 December 2024 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 Annex III thereto, 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 2025.
(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 2025.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2024. For the Council The President Bóka J.
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 Indicative percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 83399432 18,49 France 68401997 15,17 Italy 59685948 13,23 Spain 48630010 10,78 Poland 37565715 8,33 Romania 19064409 4,23 Netherlands 18089177 4,01 Belgium 11832049 2,62 Czechia 10916836 2,42 Portugal 10639726 2,36 Sweden 10573000 2,34 Greece 10401302 2,31 Hungary 9584627 2,13 Austria 9132500 2,02 Bulgaria 6445481 1,43 Denmark 5954471 1,32 Finland 5619851 1,25 Slovakia 5455252 1,21 Ireland 5351681 1,19 Croatia 3861967 0,86 Lithuania 2885891 0,64 Slovenia 2123949 0,47 Latvia 1871882 0,42 Estonia 1374687 0,30 Cyprus 933505 0,21 Luxembourg 670093 0,15 Malta 563443 0,12. EU-27 451028881 Threshold (65 %) 293168773