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 84 311 244 18,72 France 68 070 697 15,11 Italy 59 691 110 13,25 Spain 48 063 694 10,67 Poland 37 723 532 8,37 Romania 19 051 562 4,23 Netherlands 17 956 453 3,99 Belgium 11 754 004 2,61 Czechia 10 833 385 2,40 Sweden 10 541 000 2,34 Portugal 10 516 621 2,33 Greece 10 415 585 2,31 Hungary 9 599 744 2,13 Austria 9 087 000 2,02 Bulgaria 6 498 567 1,44 Denmark 5 921 952 1,31 Finland 5 593 070 1,24 Slovakia 5 454 629 1,21 Ireland 5 194 336 1,15 Croatia 3 850 894 0,85 Lithuania 2 857 279 0,63 Slovenia 2 116 972 0,47 Latvia 1 883 008 0,42 Estonia 1 365 884 0,3 Cyprus 920 701 0,2 Luxembourg 658 278 0,15 Malta 542 051 0,12 ’ EU 27 450 473 252 Threshold (65 %) 292 807 614 ’.