Article 1
Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU and Article 3(3) and (4) of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaties, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1 000 ) Germany 81 751,6 France 65 075,4 United Kingdom 62 435,7 Italy 60 626,4 Spain 46 152,9 Poland 38 200,0 Romania 21 413,8 Netherlands 16 655,8 Greece 11 325,9 Belgium 10 918,4 Portugal 10 637,0 Czech Republic 10 532,8 Hungary 9 985,7 Sweden 9 415,6 Austria 8 404,3 Bulgaria 7 504,9 Denmark 5 560,6 Slovakia 5 435,3 Finland 5 375,3 Ireland 4 480,9 Lithuania 3 244,6 Latvia 2 229,6 Slovenia 2 050,2 Estonia 1 340,2 Cyprus 804,4 Luxembourg 511,8 Malta 417,6 Total 502 486,7 Threshold (62 %) 311 541,8 ’