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Article 3

United Kingdom

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The Committee shall act in all matters by a qualified majority of 721 votes out of 1 000, expressing a vote in favour by at least 15 Member States. The blocking minority shall consist of 280 votes. The votes of the representatives of the Member States shall be weighted as follows:

Member StateVotes
Belgium33
Bulgaria2
Czech Republic8
Denmark20
Germany206
Estonia1
Ireland9
Greece15
Spain79
France178
Croatia2
Italy125
Cyprus1
Latvia1
Lithuania2
Luxembourg3
Hungary6
Malta1
Netherlands48
Austria24
Poland20
Portugal12
Romania7
Slovenia2
Slovakia4
Finland15
Sweden29
United Kingdom147
Total1 000