Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030 of 10 December 2020 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030 · Decision · 2 articles

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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 Member State Population Percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 83 100 961 18,54 France 67 098 824 14,97 Italy 60 897 891 13,58 Spain 47 329 981 10,56 Poland 37 958 138 8,47 Romania 19 317 984 4,31 Netherlands 17 549 457 3,91 Belgium 11 549 888 2,58 Greece 10 709 739 2,39 Czechia 10 557 001 2,35 Sweden 10 330 000 2,30 Portugal 10 295 909 2,30 Hungary 9 769 526 2,18 Austria 8 897 000 1,98 Bulgaria 6 951 482 1,55 Denmark 5 816 443 1,30 Finland 5 521 292 1,23 Slovakia 5 457 873 1,22 Ireland 4 964 440 1,11 Croatia 4 058 165 0,91 Lithuania 2 794 090 0,62 Slovenia 2 095 861 0,47 Latvia 1 907 675 0,43 Estonia 1 328 976 0,30 Cyprus 888 005 0,20 Luxembourg 623 962 0,14 Malta 514 564 0,11 EU-27 448 285 127 Threshold (65 %) 291 385 333 ’

Article 2

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 2021.

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