CELEX: 32016D1316
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1316 of 26 July 2016 amending Decision 2009/908/EU, laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council

2.8.2016   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 208/42
               
            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/1316
      of 26 July 2016
      amending Decision 2009/908/EU, laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council
      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 European Council Decision 2009/881/EU of 1 December 2009 on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
      Whereas,
      
                  (1)
               
               
                  By Decision 2009/908/EU (2) the Council established the order in which the office of President of the Council was to be held for the Member States of the European Union as from 1 January 2007 until 30 June 2020, and it set out therein the division of that order of Presidencies into groups of three Member States.
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  The European Union was enlarged on 1 July 2013 to include Croatia as a new Member State.
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  Although no notification has as yet been received under Article 50 TEU from its government, a Member State has made it known publicly that it will withdraw from the Union. The order of presidencies of the Council should be amended to take account of that circumstance, without prejudice to the rights and obligations of that Member State.
               
            
                  (4)
               
               
                  The Council should establish the order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held for the near future. That order should be determined in accordance with the criteria laid down in the Treaties and in Decision 2009/881/EU of the European Council. The Decision 2009/908/EU should be amended accordingly,
               
            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
      Article 1
      Council Decision 2009/908/EU of 1 December 2009 laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council, is amended as follows:
      
                  (1)
               
               
                  Article 1 is replaced by the following:
                  ‘Article 1
                  The order in which the Member States shall hold the Presidency of the Council as from 1 July 2017 and until 31 December 2030, as well as the division of this order of Presidencies into groups of three Member States is set out in Annex I to this Decision.’;
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Article 3 is replaced by the following:
                  ‘Article 3
                  The Council shall, before 31 December 2029, decide the order in which the Member States will hold the Presidency of the Council as from 1 January 2031’;
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  the text of Annex I to Council Decision 2009/908/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
               
            Article 2
      This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
      It shall apply from 1 July 2017.
      It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
      
         Done at Brussels, 26 July 2016.
         
            
               For the Council
            
            
               The President
            
            M. LAJČÁK
         
      
      
         (1)  OJ L 315, 2.12.2009, p. 50.
      
         (2)  Council Decision 2009/908/EU of 1 December 2009, laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council (OJ L 322, 9.12.2009, p. 28).
      
         ANNEX
         
            
               ‘ANNEX I
               
                  Draft Table of Presidencies of the Council
                   (*)
               
               
                           Netherlands (**)
                           
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2016
                        
                     
                           Slovakia (**)
                           
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2016
                        
                     
                           Malta (**)
                           
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2017
                        
                     
                           Estonia
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2017
                        
                     
                           Bulgaria
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2018
                        
                     
                           Austria
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2018
                        
                     
                           Romania
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2019
                        
                     
                           Finland
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2019
                        
                     
                           Croatia
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2020
                        
                     
                           Germany
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2020
                        
                     
                           Portugal
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2021
                        
                     
                           Slovenia
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2021
                        
                     
                           France
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2022
                        
                     
                           Czech Republic
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2022
                        
                     
                           Sweden
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2023
                        
                     
                           Spain
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2023
                        
                     
                           Belgium
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2024
                        
                     
                           Hungary
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2024
                        
                     
                           Poland
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2025
                        
                     
                           Denmark
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2025
                        
                     
                           Cyprus
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2026
                        
                     
                           Ireland
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2026
                        
                     
                           Lithuania
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2027
                        
                     
                           Greece
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2027
                        
                     
                           Italy
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2028
                        
                     
                           Latvia
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2028
                        
                     
                           Luxembourg
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2029
                        
                     
                           Netherlands
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2029
                        
                     
                           Slovakia
                        
                        
                           January-June
                        
                        
                           2030
                        
                     
                           Malta
                        
                        
                           July-December
                        
                        
                           2030
                        
                     
         
         
            (*)  Without prejudice to the United Kingdom's rights and obligations as a Member State.
         
            (**)  The current trio is inserted in this Annex for information purposes.’