Article 1
Article 1 of Annex IIa to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following: βArticle 1 For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Article 118(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and the third subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the Treaty on European Union, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006 shall be as follows: Member State Population (Γ 1Β 000 ) Germany 82Β 500,8 France 62Β 370,8 United Kingdom 60Β 063,2 Italy 58Β 462,4 Spain 43Β 038,0 Poland 38Β 173,8 Netherlands 16Β 305,5 Greece 11Β 073,0 Portugal 10Β 529,3 Belgium 10Β 445,9 Czech Republic 10Β 220,6 Hungary 10Β 097,5 Sweden 9Β 011,4 Austria 8Β 206,5 Denmark 5Β 411,4 Slovakia 5Β 384,8 Finland 5Β 236,6 Ireland 4Β 109,2 Lithuania 3Β 425,3 Latvia 2Β 306,4 Slovenia 1Β 997,6 Estonia 1Β 347,0 Cyprus 749,2 Luxembourg 455,0 Malta 402,7 Total 461Β 324,0 Threshold (62Β %) 286Β 020,9 β