2006/34/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of  23 January 2006  amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
Date: 2006-01-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU Member State, decision-making, population statistics, qualified majority, rules of procedure

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 January 2006

amending the Council's Rules of Procedure

(2006/34/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article
207(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 121(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Articles 28(1) and 41(1) thereof,

Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex IIa to the Council's
Rules of Procedure (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 11(5) of the Council's Rules of Procedure (here-
inafter referred to as Rules of Procedure) provides that
when a decision is to be adopted by the Council by a
qualified majority, and if a member of the Council so
the Member States
requests,
constituting the qualified majority represent at
least
62 % of the total population of the Union calculated
according to the population figures set out in Article 1
of Annex IIa to the Rules of Procedure.

it shall be verified that

rules

Article 2(2) of Annex IIa to the Rules of Procedure on
provisions
the
implementing
for
detailed
concerning the weighting of votes
in the Council
provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the
Council shall, in accordance with the data available to the
Statistical Office of the European Communities on 30
September of the preceding year, amend the figures set
out in Article 1 of that Annex.

(3)

The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended
accordingly,

(1) Council Decision 2004/338/EC, Euratom of 22 March 2004
adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (OJ L 106, 15.4.2004,
p. 22). Decision as amended by Decision 2004/701/EC, Euratom (OJ
L 319, 20.10.2004, p. 15).

Article 1

Article 1 of Annex IIa to the Rules of Procedure shall be
replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the
establishing the European Community, Article
Treaty
118(4) of
the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and the third subparagraph of Article
23(2) and Article 34(3) of the Treaty on European Union,
the total population of each Member State for the period
from 1 January to 31 December 2006 shall be as follows:

Member State

Germany

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Spain

Poland

Netherlands

Greece

Portugal

Belgium

Population
(× 1 000)

82 500,8

62 370,8

60 063,2

58 462,4

43 038,0

38 173,8

16 305,5

11 073,0

10 529,3

10 445,9

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Member State

Czech Republic

Hungary

Sweden

Austria

Denmark

Slovakia

Finland

Ireland

Lithuania

Latvia

Slovenia

Estonia

Cyprus

Population
(× 1 000)

10 220,6

10 097,5

9 011,4

8 206,5

5 411,4

5 384,8

5 236,6

4 109,2

3 425,3

2 306,4

1 997,6

1 347,0

749,2

Member State

Luxembourg

Malta

Total

Threshold (62 %)

Article 2

Population
(× 1 000)

455,0

402,7

461 324,0

286 020,9’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

Done at Brussels, 23 January 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. PRÖLL