EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 84/228

(2004/C 84 E/0274)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3267/03

by Christopher Huhne (ELDR) to the Council

(4 November 2003)

Subject: Qualified majority voting

Can the Council state on how many occasions each year for the last five years each Member State has been outvoted in the Council when a decision on a legislative proposal (directive, regulation, decision) has been taken by qualified majority voting?

Reply

(9 March 2004)

The Council invites the Honourable Member to refer to the Council's reply to question E-3938/00 concerning the same subject and relating to the years 1995-2000.

The Honourable Member's attention is drawn to the fact that, since January 2001, the General Secretariat of the Council has published monthly records of the Council's activities, including voting results and explanations, on the Council's Internet site (http://ue.eu.int).

The Council would in any case invite the Honourable Member to consult the tables set out in the annex to this reply.

Annex

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total number of final legislative acts 219 199 191 187 195 Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 2002 56 31 21 31 37 Abstentions 60 30 22 27 26 Abstentions 34 9 12 25 31

A. VOTES AGAINST BY MEMBER STATE

Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 1998

AU BE DE DA Ë1 ES FR FI IT IR LU NL FT SV UK January February 1 1 1 1 1 March 1 1 1 April 1 2 May 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 June 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 July 1 2 1 1 7 August September 1 1 October 2 November 2 December 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 Total 3 4 11 7 2 1 3 0 8 2 0 12 2 3 2





Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 1999

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI IT IR LU NL FT SV UK January 1 1 1 February March 1 1 1 1 April 1 May 1 1 June 1 1 July 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 August September October 1 1 1 November December 1 1 2 1 1 1 Total 1 2 2 4 1 1 3 0 8 1 2 4 1 0 0





Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 2000

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI IT IR LU NL PT SV UK January 1 February March 1 2 April 1 1 May 1 June 1 1 1 July 1 August September 1 October November 1 December 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 Total 2 1 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2





Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 2001

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI IT IR LU NL FT SV UK January 1 February 1 March 1 April 1 1 May 1 1 June 1 1 1 1 July 1 August September October 1 1 November 1 2 1 December 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 1 2 3 3 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 2





Votes against on adoption of a final legislative act in 2002

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI IT IR LU NL PT SV UK January 1 1 February 1 1 1 March 1 1 April May 2 June 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 July August September 1 1 1 1 October 1 November 1 December 2 2 Total 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 5 1 6 1

Β. ABSTENTIONS BY MEMBER STATE

Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 1998

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI LT IR LU NL PT SV UK January February 1 March 2 1 April 1 May 1 June 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 July 1 1 1 August September 1 1 October 1 1 1 1 November December 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 Total 0 3 7 1 2 7 2 0 5 0 2 1 4 0 0





Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 1999

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI LT IR LU NL PT SV UK January 1 February March April 1 May 1 June 1 July 1 August September October November December 1 1 2 Total 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3





Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 2000

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI LT IR LU NL PT SV UK January 1 1 February March 1 1 1 April 1 1 1 May June July 1 August September 1 October November December 1 1 Total 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1





Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 2001

AU BE DE DA EL ES FR FI LT IR LU NL PT SV UK January 1 1 February 1 1 March 1 April May 1 1 1 1 June 1 1 1 July August September 1 1 October 1 1 1 1 November 2 December 1 1 1 1 1 Total 4 1 5 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2





Abstentions on adoption of a final legislative act in 2002