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 1U.K.

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 StatePopulationPercentage of the population of the Union (%)
Germany82 719 02216,12
France67 221 94313,10
United Kingdom66 238 00712,90
Italy61 166 14211,92
Spain46 659 3029,09
Poland37 976 6877,40
Romania19 523 6213,80
Netherlands17 321 1103,37
Belgium11 413 0582,22
Greece10 738 9282,09
Czechia10 493 1542,04
Portugal10 291 0272,00
Sweden10 157 0001,98
Hungary9 778 3711,91
Austria8 802 0001,71
Bulgaria7 050 0341,37
Denmark5 774 8771,13
Finland5 501 9301,07
Slovakia5 443 1201,06
Ireland4 830 3920,94
Croatia4 105 4930,80
Lithuania2 808 9010,55
Slovenia2 066 8800,40
Latvia1 934 3790,38
Estonia1 319 1330,26
Cyprus864 2360,17
Luxembourg600 1240,12
Malta475 7010,09
EU-28513 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 StatePopulationPercentage of the population of the Union (%)
Germany82 719 02218,50
France67 221 94315,04
Italy61 166 14213,68
Spain46 659 30210,44
Poland37 976 6878,50
Romania19 523 6214,37
Netherlands17 321 1103,87
Belgium11 413 0582,55
Greece10 738 9282,40
Czechia10 493 1542,35
Portugal10 291 0272,30
Sweden10 157 0002,27
Hungary9 778 3712,19
Austria8 802 0001,97
Bulgaria7 050 0341,58
Denmark5 774 8771,29
Finland5 501 9301,23
Slovakia5 443 1201,22
Ireland4 830 3921,08
Croatia4 105 4930,92
Lithuania2 808 9010,59
Slovenia2 066 8800,46
Latvia1 934 3790,43
Estonia1 319 1330,30
Cyprus864 2360,19
Luxembourg600 1240,13
Malta475 7010,11
EU-27447 036 565
Threshold (65 %)290 573 768’

Article 2U.K.

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