Article 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 For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU, Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU and Article 3(2) of Protocol No 36, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State's population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1 000 ) Percentage of the population of the Union Germany 80 704,691 15,91 France 66 076,909 13,02 United Kingdom 64 105,654 12,63 Italy 61 152,798 12,05 Spain 46 507,760 9,17 Poland 38 018,000 7,49 Romania 19 942,642 3,93 Netherlands 17 082,000 3,37 Belgium 11 203,992 2,21 Greece 10 992,783 2,17 Portugal 10 427,301 2,06 Czech Republic 10 398,697 2,05 Hungary 9 877,365 1,95 Sweden 9 644,864 1,90 Austria 8 511,000 1,68 Bulgaria 7 245,677 1,43 Denmark 5 621,607 1,11 Finland 5 451,270 1,07 Slovakia 5 400,598 1,06 Ireland 4 604,029 0,91 Croatia 4 246,809 0,84 Lithuania 2 943,472 0,58 Slovenia 2 061,085 0,41 Latvia 2 001,468 0,39 Estonia 1 315,819 0,26 Cyprus 858,000 0,17 Luxembourg 549,680 0,11 Malta 425,384 0,08 Total 507 371,354 Threshold (62 %) 314 570,239 Threshold (65 %) 329 791,380 ’