Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030 of 10 December 2020 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
Date: 2020-12-10
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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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030
of 10 December 2020
         
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, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,

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’) (1).












(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)


The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2021.












(5)


In accordance with Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Article 240 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies to the European Atomic Energy Community,





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








Member State


Population


Percentage of the population of the Union (%)




Germany


83 100 961 


18,54




France


67 098 824 


14,97




Italy


60 897 891 


13,58




Spain


47 329 981 


10,56




Poland


37 958 138 


8,47




Romania


19 317 984 


4,31




Netherlands


17 549 457 


3,91




Belgium


11 549 888 


2,58




Greece


10 709 739 


2,39




Czechia


10 557 001 


2,35




Sweden


10 330 000 


2,30




Portugal


10 295 909 


2,30




Hungary


9 769 526 


2,18




Austria


8 897 000 


1,98




Bulgaria


6 951 482 


1,55




Denmark


5 816 443 


1,30




Finland


5 521 292 


1,23




Slovakia


5 457 873 


1,22




Ireland


4 964 440 


1,11




Croatia


4 058 165 


0,91




Lithuania


2 794 090 


0,62




Slovenia


2 095 861 


0,47




Latvia


1 907 675 


0,43




Estonia


1 328 976 


0,30




Cyprus


888 005 


0,20




Luxembourg


623 962 


0,14




Malta


514 564 


0,11




EU-27


448 285 127 


 




Threshold (65 %)


291 385 333 


 






                  ’
               


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 2021.




Done at Brussels, 10 December 2020.


For the Council


The President

M. ROTH
            





(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).