Article 1
Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU and Article 3(3) and (4) of Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 October 2014 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1 000 ) Germany 80 523,7 France 65 633,2 United Kingdom 63 730,1 Italy 59 685,2 Spain 46 704,3 Poland 38 533,3 Romania 20 057,5 Netherlands 16 779,6 Belgium 11 161,6 Greece 11 062,5 Czech Republic 10 516,1 Portugal 10 487,3 Hungary 9 908,8 Sweden 9 555,9 Austria 8 451,9 Bulgaria 7 284,6 Denmark 5 602,6 Finland 5 426,7 Slovakia 5 410,8 Ireland 4 591,1 Croatia 4 262,1 Lithuania 2 971,9 Slovenia 2 058,8 Latvia 2 023,8 Estonia 1 324,8 Cyprus 865,9 Luxembourg 537,0 Malta 421,4 Total 505 572,5 Threshold (62 %) 313 455,0 ’.