Article 2
United Kingdom
The Internal Agreement is amended as follows:
- 1..
In the table in Article 1(2)(a) the round brackets and asterisk after the words ‘Bulgaria’ and ‘Romania’ and the footnote ‘(*) Estimated amount’ shall be deleted;
- 2..
In the table in Article 8(2) the following shall be deleted:
- (a)
the round brackets and asterisk after the words ‘Bulgaria’ and ‘Romania’ and the square brackets in the second column of those same rows;
- (b)
the footnote ‘(*) Estimated vote’;
- (c)
the row ‘Total EU-25’, ‘999’;
- (d)
the round brackets and asterisk as well as the square brackets in the row ‘Total EU-27 (*)’‘[1 004]’.
- (a)
- 3..
Article 8(3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘The EDF Committee shall act by a qualified majority of 724 votes out of 1 004, expressing a vote in favour by at least 14 Member States. The blocking minority shall consist of 281 votes.’