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 and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, as well as, until 31 March 2017, 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 2017 to 31 December 2017 shall be as follows:
Member State
Population
Percentage of the population of the Union
Germany
82 064 489
16,06 %
France
66 661 621
13,05 %
United Kingdom
65 341 183
12,79 %
Italy
61 302 519
12,00 %
Spain
46 438 422
9,09 %
Poland
37 967 209
7,43 %
Romania
19 759 968
3,87 %
Netherlands
17 235 349
3,37 %
Belgium
11 289 853
2,21 %
Greece
10 793 526
2,11 %
Czech Republic
10 445 783
2,04 %
Portugal
10 341 330
2,02 %
Sweden
9 998 000
1,96 %
Hungary
9 830 485
1,92 %
Austria
8 711 500
1,71 %
Bulgaria
7 153 784
1,40 %
Denmark
5 700 917
1,12 %
Finland
5 465 408
1,07 %
Slovakia
5 407 910
1,06 %
Ireland
4 664 156
0,91 %
Croatia
4 190 669
0,82 %
Lithuania
2 888 558
0,57 %
Slovenia
2 064 188
0,40 %
Latvia
1 968 957
0,39 %
Estonia
1 315 944
0,26 %
Cyprus
848 319
0,17 %
Luxembourg
576 249
0,11 %
Malta
434 403
0,09 %
EU 28
510 860 699
Threshold (62 %)
316 733 634
Threshold (65 %)
332 059 455 ’.