2008/945/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 8 December 2008 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
Date: 2008-12-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU statistics, decision-making, operation of the Institutions, rules of procedure

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 December 2008
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

(2008/945/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,
and in particular
Article 207(3) thereof,

establishing the European
subparagraph of
the

first

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.

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

(3)

The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended
accordingly for 2009,

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Article 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

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

implementing

rules

the

for

(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).

In Annex III
replaced by the following:

to the Rules of Procedure, Article 1 shall be

‘Article 1

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 2009 shall be as
follows:

Member State

Germany

France

United Kingdom

Italy

Population
(× 1 000)

82 217,8

63 753,1

61 224,1

59 619,3

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Member State

Spain

Poland

Romania

Netherlands

Greece

Belgium

Portugal

Czech Republic

Hungary

Sweden

Austria

Bulgaria

Denmark

Slovakia

Finland

Ireland

Lithuania

Latvia

Slovenia

Population
(× 1 000)

45 283,3

38 115,6

21 528,6

16 405,4

11 213,8

10 666,9

10 617,6

10 381,1

10 045,4

9 182,9

8 331,9

7 640,2

5 475,8

5 401,0

5 300,5

4 401,3

3 366,4

2 270,9

2 025,9

Member State

Estonia

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Malta

Total

Threshold (62 %)

Population
(× 1 000)

1 340,9

789,3

483,8

410,3

497 493,1

308 445,7’.

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2009.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2008.

For the Council
The President

B. KOUCHNER