2007/4/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 1 January 2007 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
Date: 2007-01-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU Member State, decision-making, operation of the Institutions, population statistics, qualified majority, rules of procedure

4.1.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 1 January 2007
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

(2007/4/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

‘Article 1

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,

For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the EC
Treaty, Article 118(4) of the Euratom Treaty, and the third
subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the EU
Treaty, the total population of each Member State for the
period from 1 January to 31 December 2007 shall be as
follows:

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

Member State

Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex III 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 European Union
calculated according to the population figures set out
in Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure.

it shall be verified that

rules

Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure on
the
detailed
provisions
implementing
for
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,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 1 of Annex III
replaced by the following:

to the Rules of Procedure shall be

(1) Council Decision 2006/683/EC, Euratom of 15 September 2006
adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure (OJ L 285, 16.10.2006,
p. 47).

Germany

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Spain

Poland

Romania

Netherlands

Greece

Portugal

Belgium

Czech Republic

Hungary

Sweden

Austria

Bulgaria

Denmark

Slovakia

Finland

Ireland

Lithuania

Latvia

Slovenia

Population
(× 1 000)

82 438,0

62 886,2

60 421,9

58 751,7

43 758,3

38 157,1

21 610,2

16 334,2

11 125,2

10 569,6

10 511,4

10 251,1

10 076,6

9 047,8

8 265,9

7 718,8

5 427,5

5 389,2

5 255,6

4 209,0

3 403,3

2 294,6

2 003,4

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Member State

Estonia

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Malta

Population
(× 1 000)

1 344,7

766,4

459,5

404,3

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007.

It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 1 January 2007.

Total

492 881,2

Threshold (62 %)

305 586,3’

For the Council
The President

F.-W. STEINMEIER