‘Article 1

For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the EC Treaty, Article 118(4) of the Euratom Treaty, and the third subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the EU Treaty, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009 shall be as follows:

Member State	Population(× 1 000)
Germany	82 217,8
France	63 753,1
United Kingdom	61 224,1
Italy	59 619,3
Spain	45 283,3
Poland	38 115,6
Romania	21 528,6
Netherlands	16 405,4
Greece	11 213,8
Belgium	10 666,9
Portugal	10 617,6
Czech Republic	10 381,1
Hungary	10 045,4
Sweden	9 182,9
Austria	8 331,9
Bulgaria	7 640,2
Denmark	5 475,8
Slovakia	5 401,0
Finland	5 300,5
Ireland	4 401,3
Lithuania	3 366,4
Latvia	2 270,9
Slovenia	2 025,9
Estonia	1 340,9
Cyprus	789,3
Luxembourg	483,8
Malta	410,3
Total	497 493,1
Threshold (62 %)	308 445,7’.