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Article 3

United Kingdom

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1.

The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term:

Belgium21
Bulgaria17
Czech Republic21
Denmark14
Germany96
Estonia7
Ireland13
Greece21
Spain59
France79
Croatia12
Italy76
Cyprus6
Latvia8
Lithuania11
Luxembourg6
Hungary21
Malta6
Netherlands29
Austria19
Poland52
Portugal21
Romania33
Slovenia8
Slovakia14
Finland14
Sweden21
2.

However, in the event that the United Kingdom is still a Member State of the Union at the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, the number of representatives in the European Parliament per Member State taking up office shall be the one provided for in Article 3 of the European Council Decision 2013/312/EUf1 until the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union becomes legally effective.

Once the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State shall be the one provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.

All representatives in the European Parliament who fill the additional seats resulting from the difference between the number of seats allocated in the first and second subparagraphs shall take up their seats in the European Parliament at the same time.

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Footnotes

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European Council Decision 2013/312/EU of 28 June 2013 establishing the composition of the European Parliament (OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 57).