Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2022/2518 of 13 December 2022 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
Date: 2022-12-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU Member State, population statistics, qualified majority, rules of procedure








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21.12.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 326/23








            COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2022/2518
of 13 December 2022
         
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 2023.












(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


83 203 320 


18,59 




France


67 842 582 


15,16 




Italy


59 607 184 


13,32 




Spain


47 432 805 


10,6 




Poland


37 654 247 


8,41 




Romania


19 038 098 


4,25 




Netherlands


17 734 036 


3,96 




Belgium


11 631 136 


2,6 




Greece


10 603 810 


2,37 




Czechia


10 545 457 


2,36 




Sweden


10 440 000 


2,33 




Portugal


10 352 042 


2,31 




Hungary


9 689 010 


2,17 




Austria


8 967 500 


2,00 




Bulgaria


6 838 937 


1,53 




Denmark


5 864 667 


1,31 




Finland


5 541 241 


1,24 




Slovakia


5 434 712 


1,21 




Ireland


5 060 004 


1,13 




Croatia


3 862 305 


0,86 




Lithuania


2 805 998 


0,63 




Slovenia


2 107 180 


0,47 




Latvia


1 875 757 


0,42 




Estonia


1 331 796 


0,3 




Cyprus


904 700 


0,2 




Luxembourg


643 648 


0,14 




Malta


520 971 


0,12 




EU 27


447 533 143 


 




Threshold (65 %)


290 896 543 


 






                  ’.


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 2023.




Done at Brussels, 13 December 2022.


For the Council


The President

M. BEK
            





(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).