Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following:
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 2007 shall be as follows:
| Member State | Population(× 1 000) |
|---|---|
| Germany | 82 438,0 |
| France | 62 886,2 |
| United Kingdom | 60 421,9 |
| Italy | 58 751,7 |
| Spain | 43 758,3 |
| Poland | 38 157,1 |
| Romania | 21 610,2 |
| Netherlands | 16 334,2 |
| Greece | 11 125,2 |
| Portugal | 10 569,6 |
| Belgium | 10 511,4 |
| Czech Republic | 10 251,1 |
| Hungary | 10 076,6 |
| Sweden | 9 047,8 |
| Austria | 8 265,9 |
| Bulgaria | 7 718,8 |
| Denmark | 5 427,5 |
| Slovakia | 5 389,2 |
| Finland | 5 255,6 |
| Ireland | 4 209,0 |
| Lithuania | 3 403,3 |
| Latvia | 2 294,6 |
| Slovenia | 2 003,4 |
| Estonia | 1 344,7 |
| Cyprus | 766,4 |
| Luxembourg | 459,5 |
| Malta | 404,3 |
| Total | 492 881,2 |
| Threshold (62 %) | 305 586,3’ |
This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 1 January 2007.
For the Council
The President
F.-W. Steinmeier