2007/5/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 1 January 2007 determining the order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held

• Articles: 4

Article 1

1.   The order in which the Member States shall hold the Presidency of the Council from 1 January 2007 is set out in the Annex hereto.

2.   The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Member States concerned, may decide that a Member State may hold the Presidency during a period other than that resulting from the order established in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007.

Decision 2005/902/EC, Euratom shall be repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Germany

January-June

2007

Portugal

July-December

2007

Slovenia

January-June

2008

France

July-December

2008

Czech Republic

January-June

2009

Sweden

July-December

2009

Spain

January-June

2010

Belgium

July-December

2010

Hungary

January-June

2011

Poland

July-December

2011

Denmark

January-June

2012

Cyprus

July-December

2012

Ireland

January-June

2013

Lithuania

July-December

2013

Greece

January-June

2014

Italy

July-December

2014

Latvia

January-June

2015

Luxembourg

July-December

2015

Netherlands

January-June

2016

Slovakia

July-December

2016

Malta

January-June

2017

United Kingdom

July-December

2017

Estonia

January-June

2018

Bulgaria

July-December

2018

Austria

January-June

2019

Romania

July-December

2019

Finland

January-June

2020