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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/2393 of 8 December 2015 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure

Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/2393 of 8 December 2015 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure

Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/2393 · Decision · 2 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

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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 2016 to 31 December 2016 shall be as follows: Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union Germany 81 089 331 15,93 France 66 352 469 13,04 United Kingdom 64 767 115 12,73 Italy 61 438 480 12,07 Spain 46 439 864 9,12 Poland 38 005 614 7,47 Romania 19 861 408 3,90 Netherlands 17 155 169 3,37 Belgium 11 258 434 2,21 Greece 10 846 979 2,13 Czech Republic 10 419 743 2,05 Portugal 10 374 822 2,04 Hungary 9 855 571 1,94 Sweden 9 790 000 1,92 Austria 8 581 500 1,69 Bulgaria 7 202 198 1,42 Denmark 5 653 357 1,11 Finland 5 471 753 1,08 Slovakia 5 403 134 1,06 Ireland 4 625 885 0,91 Croatia 4 225 316 0,83 Lithuania 2 921 262 0,57 Slovenia 2 062 874 0,41 Latvia 1 986 096 0,39 Estonia 1 313 271 0,26 Cyprus 847 008 0,17 Luxembourg 562 958 0,11 Malta 429 344 0,08 Total 508 940 955   Threshold (62 %) 315 543 392   Threshold (65 %) 330 811 621 ’.

Article 2

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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 January 2016.

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