Document ID: 32021D2320
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>28.12.2021&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 462/17</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2021/2320
of 22 December 2021
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>When an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, it has to be verified that the Member&#160;States constituting the qualified majority represent at least&#160;65&#160;% of the population of the Union.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>That percentage is calculated according to the population figures set out in Annex&#160;III to the Council&#8217;s Rules of Procedure (&#8216;the Rules of Procedure&#8217;)&#160;<a>(<span>1</span>)</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Article&#160;11(6) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from&#160;1&#160;January each year, the Council is to amend the figures set out in that Annex, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European&#160;Union on&#160;30&#160;September of the preceding&#160;year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year&#160;2022.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article&#160;106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Article&#160;240 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European&#160;Union applies to the European Atomic Energy Community,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member&#160;State</p></td><td><p>Population</p></td><td><p>Percentage of the population of the Union (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>83&#160;120&#160;520</p></td><td><p>18,57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>67&#160;439&#160;614</p></td><td><p>15,07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>59&#160;862&#160;348</p></td><td><p>13,38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>47&#160;394&#160;223</p></td><td><p>10,59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>37&#160;840&#160;001</p></td><td><p>8,45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>19&#160;186&#160;201</p></td><td><p>4,29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>17&#160;617&#160;840</p></td><td><p>3,94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>11&#160;566&#160;041</p></td><td><p>2,58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>10&#160;682&#160;547</p></td><td><p>2,39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czechia</p></td><td><p>10&#160;574&#160;153</p></td><td><p>2,36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>10&#160;370&#160;000</p></td><td><p>2,32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>10&#160;298&#160;252</p></td><td><p>2,30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>9&#160;730&#160;772</p></td><td><p>2,17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>8&#160;926&#160;000</p></td><td><p>1,99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>6&#160;916&#160;548</p></td><td><p>1,55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>5&#160;833&#160;883</p></td><td><p>1,30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>5&#160;527&#160;493</p></td><td><p>1,24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>5&#160;459&#160;781</p></td><td><p>1,22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>5&#160;006&#160;324</p></td><td><p>1,12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>4&#160;036&#160;355</p></td><td><p>0,90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>2&#160;795&#160;680</p></td><td><p>0,62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>2&#160;108&#160;977</p></td><td><p>0,47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>1&#160;893&#160;223</p></td><td><p>0,42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>1&#160;330&#160;068</p></td><td><p>0,30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>896&#160;000</p></td><td><p>0,20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>633&#160;347</p></td><td><p>0,14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>516&#160;100</p></td><td><p>0,12 &#8217;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU-27</p></td><td><p>447&#160;562&#160;291</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Threshold (65&#160;%)</p></td><td><p>290&#160;915&#160;489</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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 2022.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 2021.
For the Council
The President
G. DOVŽAN
<note>
( 1 ) Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure ( OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35 ).
</note>