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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030 of 10 December 2020 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

EU Decision 2020/2030 · Adopted 10 December 2020 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030

of 10 December 2020

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)

The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2021.

(5)

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

Member StatePopulationPercentage of the population of the Union (%)
Germany83 100 96118,54
France67 098 82414,97
Italy60 897 89113,58
Spain47 329 98110,56
Poland37 958 1388,47
Romania19 317 9844,31
Netherlands17 549 4573,91
Belgium11 549 8882,58
Greece10 709 7392,39
Czechia10 557 0012,35
Sweden10 330 0002,30
Portugal10 295 9092,30
Hungary9 769 5262,18
Austria8 897 0001,98
Bulgaria6 951 4821,55
Denmark5 816 4431,30
Finland5 521 2921,23
Slovakia5 457 8731,22
Ireland4 964 4401,11
Croatia4 058 1650,91
Lithuania2 794 0900,62
Slovenia2 095 8610,47
Latvia1 907 6750,43
Estonia1 328 9760,30
Cyprus888 0050,20
Luxembourg623 9620,14
Malta514 5640,11
EU-27448 285 127
Threshold (65 %)291 385 333

’

2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. Roth