2008/945/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 8 December 2008 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

Decision · 3 articles

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Article 1

In Annex III to the Rules of Procedure, Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the EC Treaty, Article 118(4) of the Euratom Treaty, and the third subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the EU Treaty, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1 000 ) Germany 82 217,8 France 63 753,1 United Kingdom 61 224,1 Italy 59 619,3 Spain 45 283,3 Poland 38 115,6 Romania 21 528,6 Netherlands 16 405,4 Greece 11 213,8 Belgium 10 666,9 Portugal 10 617,6 Czech Republic 10 381,1 Hungary 10 045,4 Sweden 9 182,9 Austria 8 331,9 Bulgaria 7 640,2 Denmark 5 475,8 Slovakia 5 401,0 Finland 5 300,5 Ireland 4 401,3 Lithuania 3 366,4 Latvia 2 270,9 Slovenia 2 025,9 Estonia 1 340,9 Cyprus 789,3 Luxembourg 483,8 Malta 410,3 Total 497 493,1 Threshold (62 %) 308 445,7 ’.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2009.

Article 3

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

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