Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076 of 20 December 2018 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
Date: 2018-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, population census, population statistics, qualified majority, rules of procedure








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28.12.2018   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 331/218








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076
of 20 December 2018
         
amending the Council's Rules of Procedure


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,


Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,


Having regard to Article 11(6) of the Council's Rules of Procedure (1),

Whereas:







(1)


When an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, it has to be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 65 % of the population of the Union.












(2)


That percentage is calculated according to the population figures set out in Annex III to the Council's Rules of Procedure (‘the Rules of Procedure’).












(3)


Article 11(6) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council is to amend the figures set out in that Annex, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year.












(4)


In view of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union, Annex III to the Rules of Procedure should also include the figures applicable from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom.












(5)


The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2019,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex III to the Rules of Procedure is replaced by the following:



‘ANNEX III

Figures concerning the population of the Union and the population of each Member State for implementing the provisions concerning qualified majority voting in the Council









1.


For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State's population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from 1 January 2019 until the date on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom or until 31 December 2019, at the latest, shall be as follows:







Member State


Population


Percentage of the population of the Union (%)




Germany


82 719 022 


16,12




France


67 221 943 


13,10




United Kingdom


66 238 007 


12,90




Italy


61 166 142 


11,92




Spain


46 659 302 


9,09




Poland


37 976 687 


7,40




Romania


19 523 621 


3,80




Netherlands


17 321 110 


3,37




Belgium


11 413 058 


2,22




Greece


10 738 928 


2,09




Czechia


10 493 154 


2,04




Portugal


10 291 027 


2,00




Sweden


10 157 000 


1,98




Hungary


9 778 371 


1,91




Austria


8 802 000 


1,71




Bulgaria


7 050 034 


1,37




Denmark


5 774 877 


1,13




Finland


5 501 930 


1,07




Slovakia


5 443 120 


1,06




Ireland


4 830 392 


0,94




Croatia


4 105 493 


0,80




Lithuania


2 808 901 


0,55




Slovenia


2 066 880 


0,40




Latvia


1 934 379 


0,38




Estonia


1 319 133 


0,26




Cyprus


864 236 


0,17




Luxembourg


600 124 


0,12




Malta


475 701 


0,09




EU-28


513 274 572 


 




Threshold (65 %)


333 628 472 


 
















2.


For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article 238(2) and (3) TFEU, the population of the Union and the population of each Member State, as well as the percentage of each Member State's population in relation to the population of the Union, for the period from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom to 31 December 2019, shall be as follows:







Member State


Population


Percentage of the population of the Union (%)




Germany


82 719 022 


18,50




France


67 221 943 


15,04




Italy


61 166 142 


13,68




Spain


46 659 302 


10,44




Poland


37 976 687 


8,50




Romania


19 523 621 


4,37




Netherlands


17 321 110 


3,87




Belgium


11 413 058 


2,55




Greece


10 738 928 


2,40




Czechia


10 493 154 


2,35




Portugal


10 291 027 


2,30




Sweden


10 157 000 


2,27




Hungary


9 778 371 


2,19




Austria


8 802 000 


1,97




Bulgaria


7 050 034 


1,58




Denmark


5 774 877 


1,29




Finland


5 501 930 


1,23




Slovakia


5 443 120 


1,22




Ireland


4 830 392 


1,08




Croatia


4 105 493 


0,92




Lithuania


2 808 901 


0,59




Slovenia


2 066 880 


0,46




Latvia


1 934 379 


0,43




Estonia


1 319 133 


0,30




Cyprus


864 236 


0,19




Luxembourg


600 124 


0,13




Malta


475 701 


0,11




EU-27


447 036 565 


 




Threshold (65 %)


290 573 768 


 










                  ’
               


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2019.




Done at Brussels, 20 December 2018.


For the Council


The President

E. KÖSTINGER
            





(1)  Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35).