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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/2209 of 16 December 2019 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

EU Decision 2019/2209 · Adopted 16 December 2019 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/2209

of 16 December 2019

amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

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’)f1.

(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 that Annex, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year.

(4)

In view of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union, Annex III to the Rules of Procedure should also include the figures applicable from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom.

(5)

The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2020.

(6)

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:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure (OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature

1

Annex III to the Rules of Procedure is replaced by the following:

‘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

1.

For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State’s population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from 1 January 2020 until the date on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom or until 31 December 2020, at the latest, shall be as follows:

Member StatePopulationPercentage of the population of the Union (%)
Germany82 940 66316,13
France67 028 04813,04
United Kingdom66 647 11212,96
Italy61 068 43711,88
Spain46 934 6329,13
Poland37 972 8127,39
Romania19 405 1563,77
Netherlands17 423 0133,39
Belgium11 467 9232,23
Greece10 722 2872,09
Czechia10 528 9842,05
Portugal10 276 6172,00
Sweden10 243 0001,99
Hungary9 772 7561,90
Austria8 842 0001,72
Bulgaria7 000 0391,36
Denmark5 799 7631,13
Finland5 512 1191,07
Slovakia5 450 4211,06
Ireland4 904 2400,95
Croatia4 076 2460,79
Lithuania2 794 1840,54
Slovenia2 080 9080,40
Latvia1 919 9680,37
Estonia1 324 8200,26
Cyprus875 8980,17
Luxembourg612 1790,12
Malta493 5590,10
EU 28514 117 784
Threshold (65 %)334 176 560

2.

For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State’s population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom to 31 December 2020, shall be as follows:

Member StatePopulationPercentage of the population of the Union (%)
Germany82 940 66318,54
France67 028 04814,98
Italy61 068 43713,65
Spain46 934 63210,49
Poland37 972 8128,49
Romania19 405 1564,34
Netherlands17 423 0133,89
Belgium11 467 9232,56
Greece10 722 2872,40
Czechia10 528 9842,35
Portugal10 276 6172,30
Sweden10 243 0002,29
Hungary9 772 7562,18
Austria8 842 0001,98
Bulgaria7 000 0391,56
Denmark5 799 7631,30
Finland5 512 1191,23
Slovakia5 450 4211,22
Ireland4 904 2401,10
Croatia4 076 2460,91
Lithuania2 794 1840,62
Slovenia2 080 9080,47
Latvia1 919 9680,43
Estonia1 324 8200,30
Cyprus875 8980,20
Luxembourg612 1790,14
Malta493 5590,11’.
EU 27447 470 672
Threshold (65 %)290 855 937

2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Signature

It shall apply from 1 January 2020.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2019.

For the Council

The President

J. Leppä