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 83 203 320 18,59 France 67 842 582 15,16 Italy 59 607 184 13,32 Spain 47 432 805 10,6 Poland 37 654 247 8,41 Romania 19 038 098 4,25 Netherlands 17 734 036 3,96 Belgium 11 631 136 2,6 Greece 10 603 810 2,37 Czechia 10 545 457 2,36 Sweden 10 440 000 2,33 Portugal 10 352 042 2,31 Hungary 9 689 010 2,17 Austria 8 967 500 2,00 Bulgaria 6 838 937 1,53 Denmark 5 864 667 1,31 Finland 5 541 241 1,24 Slovakia 5 434 712 1,21 Ireland 5 060 004 1,13 Croatia 3 862 305 0,86 Lithuania 2 805 998 0,63 Slovenia 2 107 180 0,47 Latvia 1 875 757 0,42 Estonia 1 331 796 0,3 Cyprus 904 700 0,2 Luxembourg 643 648 0,14 Malta 520 971 0,12 EU 27 447 533 143 Threshold (65 %) 290 896 543 ’.