Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/2320 of 22 December 2021 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
Date: 2021-12-22
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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28.12.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2021/2320
of 22 December 2021
         
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 2022.












(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


83 120 520 


18,57 




France


67 439 614 


15,07 




Italy


59 862 348 


13,38 




Spain


47 394 223 


10,59 




Poland


37 840 001 


8,45 




Romania


19 186 201 


4,29 




Netherlands


17 617 840 


3,94 




Belgium


11 566 041 


2,58 




Greece


10 682 547 


2,39 




Czechia


10 574 153 


2,36 




Sweden


10 370 000 


2,32 




Portugal


10 298 252 


2,30 




Hungary


9 730 772 


2,17 




Austria


8 926 000 


1,99 




Bulgaria


6 916 548 


1,55 




Denmark


5 833 883 


1,30 




Finland


5 527 493 


1,24 




Slovakia


5 459 781 


1,22 




Ireland


5 006 324 


1,12 




Croatia


4 036 355 


0,90 




Lithuania


2 795 680 


0,62 




Slovenia


2 108 977 


0,47 




Latvia


1 893 223 


0,42 




Estonia


1 330 068 


0,30 




Cyprus


896 000 


0,20 




Luxembourg


633 347 


0,14 




Malta


516 100 


0,12 ’




EU-27


447 562 291 


 




Threshold (65 %)


290 915 489 


 









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 2022.




Done at Brussels, 22 December 2021.


For the Council


The President

G. DOVŽAN
            





(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).