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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076 of 20 December 2018 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure

Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076 of 20 December 2018 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure

Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076 · 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 1. For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, 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 2019 until the date on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom or until 31 December 2019, at the latest, shall be as follows: Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 82 719 022 16,12 France 67 221 943 13,10 United Kingdom 66 238 007 12,90 Italy 61 166 142 11,92 Spain 46 659 302 9,09 Poland 37 976 687 7,40 Romania 19 523 621 3,80 Netherlands 17 321 110 3,37 Belgium 11 413 058 2,22 Greece 10 738 928 2,09 Czechia 10 493 154 2,04 Portugal 10 291 027 2,00 Sweden 10 157 000 1,98 Hungary 9 778 371 1,91 Austria 8 802 000 1,71 Bulgaria 7 050 034 1,37 Denmark 5 774 877 1,13 Finland 5 501 930 1,07 Slovakia 5 443 120 1,06 Ireland 4 830 392 0,94 Croatia 4 105 493 0,80 Lithuania 2 808 901 0,55 Slovenia 2 066 880 0,40 Latvia 1 934 379 0,38 Estonia 1 319 133 0,26 Cyprus 864 236 0,17 Luxembourg 600 124 0,12 Malta 475 701 0,09 EU-28 513 274 572   Threshold (65 %) 333 628 472   2. For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, 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 the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom to 31 December 2019, shall be as follows: Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 82 719 022 18,50 France 67 221 943 15,04 Italy 61 166 142 13,68 Spain 46 659 302 10,44 Poland 37 976 687 8,50 Romania 19 523 621 4,37 Netherlands 17 321 110 3,87 Belgium 11 413 058 2,55 Greece 10 738 928 2,40 Czechia 10 493 154 2,35 Portugal 10 291 027 2,30 Sweden 10 157 000 2,27 Hungary 9 778 371 2,19 Austria 8 802 000 1,97 Bulgaria 7 050 034 1,58 Denmark 5 774 877 1,29 Finland 5 501 930 1,23 Slovakia 5 443 120 1,22 Ireland 4 830 392 1,08 Croatia 4 105 493 0,92 Lithuania 2 808 901 0,59 Slovenia 2 066 880 0,46 Latvia 1 934 379 0,43 Estonia 1 319 133 0,30 Cyprus 864 236 0,19 Luxembourg 600 124 0,13 Malta 475 701 0,11 EU-27 447 036 565   Threshold (65 %) 290 573 768   ’

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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 2019.

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