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Document 32007D0005

2007/5/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 1 January 2007 determining the order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held

OJ L 1, 4.1.2007, p. 11–12 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ L 4M, 8.1.2008, p. 8–9 (MT)
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 01 Volume 004 P. 81 - 82

Legal status of the document In force

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2007/5(1)/oj

4.1.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 1/11


COUNCIL DECISION

of 1 January 2007

determining the order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held

(2007/5/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 203 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 116 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1) and 41(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By Decision 2005/902/EC, Euratom (1) the Council established the order in which the office of President of the Council was to be held for the Member States of the European Union at the date of 1 January 2006.

(2)

The European Union was enlarged on 1 January 2007 to include two new Member States.

(3)

The order in which the office of President of the Council shall be held should accordingly be determined taking into account the new Member States, and a new Decision should be adopted to replace Decision 2005/902/EC, Euratom of 12 December 2005,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1.   The order in which the Member States shall hold the Presidency of the Council from 1 January 2007 is set out in the Annex hereto.

2.   The Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Member States concerned, may decide that a Member State may hold the Presidency during a period other than that resulting from the order established in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007.

Decision 2005/902/EC, Euratom shall be repealed.

Article 3

This Decision 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


(1)  OJ L 328, 12.12.2005, p. 60.


ANNEX

Germany

January-June

2007

Portugal

July-December

2007

Slovenia

January-June

2008

France

July-December

2008

Czech Republic

January-June

2009

Sweden

July-December

2009

Spain

January-June

2010

Belgium

July-December

2010

Hungary

January-June

2011

Poland

July-December

2011

Denmark

January-June

2012

Cyprus

July-December

2012

Ireland

January-June

2013

Lithuania

July-December

2013

Greece

January-June

2014

Italy

July-December

2014

Latvia

January-June

2015

Luxembourg

July-December

2015

Netherlands

January-June

2016

Slovakia

July-December

2016

Malta

January-June

2017

United Kingdom

July-December

2017

Estonia

January-June

2018

Bulgaria

July-December

2018

Austria

January-June

2019

Romania

July-December

2019

Finland

January-June

2020


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