Council Decision 2009/908/EU of 1 December 2009 laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council, is amended as follows:
(1)
Article 1 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 1
The order in which the Member States shall hold the Presidency of the Council as from 1 July 2017 and until 31 December 2030, as well as the division of this order of Presidencies into groups of three Member States is set out in Annex I to this Decision.’;
(2)
Article 3 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 3
The Council shall, before 31 December 2029, decide the order in which the Member States will hold the Presidency of the Council as from 1 January 2031’;
(3)
the text of Annex I to Council Decision 2009/908/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
It shall apply from 1 July 2017.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
Draft Table of Presidencies of the Council
( *1 )
Netherlands ( *2 )
January-June
2016
Slovakia ( *2 )
July-December
2016
Malta ( *2 )
January-June
2017
Estonia
July-December
2017
Bulgaria
January-June
2018
Austria
July-December
2018
Romania
January-June
2019
Finland
July-December
2019
Croatia
January-June
2020
Germany
July-December
2020
Portugal
January-June
2021
Slovenia
July-December
2021
France
January-June
2022
Czech Republic
July-December
2022
Sweden
January-June
2023
Spain
July-December
2023
Belgium
January-June
2024
Hungary
July-December
2024
Poland
January-June
2025
Denmark
July-December
2025
Cyprus
January-June
2026
Ireland
July-December
2026
Lithuania
January-June
2027
Greece
July-December
2027
Italy
January-June
2028
Latvia
July-December
2028
Luxembourg
January-June
2029
Netherlands
July-December
2029
Slovakia
January-June
2030
Malta
July-December
2030
( *1 ) Without prejudice to the United Kingdom's rights and obligations as a Member State.
( *2 ) The current trio is inserted in this Annex for information purposes.’