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 83 120 520 18,57 France 67 439 614 15,07 Italy 59 862 348 13,38 Spain 47 394 223 10,59 Poland 37 840 001 8,45 Romania 19 186 201 4,29 Netherlands 17 617 840 3,94 Belgium 11 566 041 2,58 Greece 10 682 547 2,39 Czechia 10 574 153 2,36 Sweden 10 370 000 2,32 Portugal 10 298 252 2,30 Hungary 9 730 772 2,17 Austria 8 926 000 1,99 Bulgaria 6 916 548 1,55 Denmark 5 833 883 1,30 Finland 5 527 493 1,24 Slovakia 5 459 781 1,22 Ireland 5 006 324 1,12 Croatia 4 036 355 0,90 Lithuania 2 795 680 0,62 Slovenia 2 108 977 0,47 Latvia 1 893 223 0,42 Estonia 1 330 068 0,30 Cyprus 896 000 0,20 Luxembourg 633 347 0,14 Malta 516 100 0,12 ’ EU-27 447 562 291 Threshold (65 %) 290 915 489