2007/881/EC: Council Decision of 20 December 2007 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
Date: 2007-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, decision-making, operation of the Institutions, rules of procedure

29.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 346/17

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 December 2007
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

(2007/881/EC)

‘Article 1

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article
207(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 2008 shall be as
follows:

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

Member State

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 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
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 for 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 1 of Annex III
replaced by the following:

to the Rules of Procedure shall be

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

Estonia

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Malta

Population
(× 1 000)

82 314,9

63 392,1

60 823,8

59 131,3

44 474,6

38 125,5

21 565,1

16 358

11 171,7

10 599,1

10 584,5

10 287,2

10 066,1

9 113,2

8 298,9

7 679,3

5 447,1

5 393,6

5 276,9

4 319,4

3 384,9

2 281,3

2 010,3

1 342,4

778,7

476,2

407,8

(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).

Total

Threshold (62 %)

495 103,9

306 964,4’

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Official Journal of the European Union

29.12.2007

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2008.

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

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2007.

For the Council
The President

F. NUNES CORREIA