CELEX: 32021D2320
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/2320 of 22 December 2021 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

28.12.2021   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 462/17
               
            
         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).