‘Article 1

For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU and Article 3(3) and (4) of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaties, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 shall be as follows:

Member State	Population(× 1 000)
Germany	81 751,6
France	65 075,4
United Kingdom	62 435,7
Italy	60 626,4
Spain	46 152,9
Poland	38 200,0
Romania	21 413,8
Netherlands	16 655,8
Greece	11 325,9
Belgium	10 918,4
Portugal	10 637,0
Czech Republic	10 532,8
Hungary	9 985,7
Sweden	9 415,6
Austria	8 404,3
Bulgaria	7 504,9
Denmark	5 560,6
Slovakia	5 435,3
Finland	5 375,3
Ireland	4 480,9
Lithuania	3 244,6
Latvia	2 229,6
Slovenia	2 050,2
Estonia	1 340,2
Cyprus	804,4
Luxembourg	511,8
Malta	417,6
Total	502 486,7
Threshold (62 %)	311 541,8’