{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-937/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-937/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/937",
  "legislation_title": "European Council Decision (EU) 2018/937 of 28 June 2018 establishing the composition of the European Parliament",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-937",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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:\nBelgium\n21\nBulgaria\n17\nCzech Republic\n21\nDenmark\n14\nGermany\n96\nEstonia\n7\nIreland\n13\nGreece\n21\nSpain\n59\nFrance\n79\nCroatia\n12\nItaly\n76\nCyprus\n6\nLatvia\n8\nLithuania\n11\nLuxembourg\n6\nHungary\n21\nMalta\n6\nNetherlands\n29\nAustria\n19\nPoland\n52\nPortugal\n21\nRomania\n33\nSlovenia\n8\nSlovakia\n14\nFinland\n14\nSweden\n21\n2. 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/EU until the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union becomes legally effective.\nOnce 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.\nAll 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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/937/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:04.163887+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}