Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030

of 10 December 2020

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, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,

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’)1.

(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)

The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2021.

(5)

In accordance with Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Article 240 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies to the European Atomic Energy Community,

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

Member State

Population

Percentage of the population of the Union (%)

Germany

83 100 961

18,54

France

67 098 824

14,97

Italy

60 897 891

13,58

Spain

47 329 981

10,56

Poland

37 958 138

8,47

Romania

19 317 984

4,31

Netherlands

17 549 457

3,91

Belgium

11 549 888

2,58

Greece

10 709 739

2,39

Czechia

10 557 001

2,35

Sweden

10 330 000

2,30

Portugal

10 295 909

2,30

Hungary

9 769 526

2,18

Austria

8 897 000

1,98

Bulgaria

6 951 482

1,55

Denmark

5 816 443

1,30

Finland

5 521 292

1,23

Slovakia

5 457 873

1,22

Ireland

4 964 440

1,11

Croatia

4 058 165

0,91

Lithuania

2 794 090

0,62

Slovenia

2 095 861

0,47

Latvia

1 907 675

0,43

Estonia

1 328 976

0,30

Cyprus

888 005

0,20

Luxembourg

623 962

0,14

Malta

514 564

0,11

EU-27

448 285 127

Threshold (65 %)

291 385 333

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 2021.

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. Roth