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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076Show full title
Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2018/2076 of 20 December 2018 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure
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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 State | Population | Percentage of the population of the Union (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 82 719 022 | 16,12 |
| France | 67 221 943 | 13,10 |
| United Kingdom | 66 238 007 | 12,90 |
| Italy | 61 166 142 | 11,92 |
| Spain | 46 659 302 | 9,09 |
| Poland | 37 976 687 | 7,40 |
| Romania | 19 523 621 | 3,80 |
| Netherlands | 17 321 110 | 3,37 |
| Belgium | 11 413 058 | 2,22 |
| Greece | 10 738 928 | 2,09 |
| Czechia | 10 493 154 | 2,04 |
| Portugal | 10 291 027 | 2,00 |
| Sweden | 10 157 000 | 1,98 |
| Hungary | 9 778 371 | 1,91 |
| Austria | 8 802 000 | 1,71 |
| Bulgaria | 7 050 034 | 1,37 |
| Denmark | 5 774 877 | 1,13 |
| Finland | 5 501 930 | 1,07 |
| Slovakia | 5 443 120 | 1,06 |
| Ireland | 4 830 392 | 0,94 |
| Croatia | 4 105 493 | 0,80 |
| Lithuania | 2 808 901 | 0,55 |
| Slovenia | 2 066 880 | 0,40 |
| Latvia | 1 934 379 | 0,38 |
| Estonia | 1 319 133 | 0,26 |
| Cyprus | 864 236 | 0,17 |
| Luxembourg | 600 124 | 0,12 |
| Malta | 475 701 | 0,09 |
| EU-28 | 513 274 572 | |
| 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 State | Population | Percentage of the population of the Union (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 82 719 022 | 18,50 |
| France | 67 221 943 | 15,04 |
| Italy | 61 166 142 | 13,68 |
| Spain | 46 659 302 | 10,44 |
| Poland | 37 976 687 | 8,50 |
| Romania | 19 523 621 | 4,37 |
| Netherlands | 17 321 110 | 3,87 |
| Belgium | 11 413 058 | 2,55 |
| Greece | 10 738 928 | 2,40 |
| Czechia | 10 493 154 | 2,35 |
| Portugal | 10 291 027 | 2,30 |
| Sweden | 10 157 000 | 2,27 |
| Hungary | 9 778 371 | 2,19 |
| Austria | 8 802 000 | 1,97 |
| Bulgaria | 7 050 034 | 1,58 |
| Denmark | 5 774 877 | 1,29 |
| Finland | 5 501 930 | 1,23 |
| Slovakia | 5 443 120 | 1,22 |
| Ireland | 4 830 392 | 1,08 |
| Croatia | 4 105 493 | 0,92 |
| Lithuania | 2 808 901 | 0,59 |
| Slovenia | 2 066 880 | 0,46 |
| Latvia | 1 934 379 | 0,43 |
| Estonia | 1 319 133 | 0,30 |
| Cyprus | 864 236 | 0,19 |
| Luxembourg | 600 124 | 0,13 |
| Malta | 475 701 | 0,11 |
| EU-27 | 447 036 565 | |
| Threshold (65 %) | 290 573 768’ |
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