CELEX: 32018D2076
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076 of 20 December 2018 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure

28.12.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  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).