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Article 205 [4]

1. Save as otherwise provided in this Treaty, the Council shall act by a majority of its Members.

2. Where the Council is required to act by a qualified majority, the votes of its Members shall be weighted as follows:

Belgium | 12 |

Czech Republic | 12 |

Denmark | 7 |

Germany | 29 |

Estonia | 4 |

Greece | 12 |

Spain | 27 |

France | 29 |

Ireland | 7 |

Italy | 29 |

Cyprus | 4 |

Latvia | 4 |

Lithuania | 7 |

Luxembourg | 4 |

Hungary | 12 |

Malta | 3 |

Netherlands | 13 |

Austria | 10 |

Poland | 27 |

Portugal | 12 |

Slovenia | 4 |

Slovakia | 7 |

Finland | 7 |

Sweden | 10 |

United Kingdom | 29 |

Acts of the Council shall require for their adoption at least 232 votes in favour cast by a majority of the members where this Treaty requires them to be adopted on a proposal from the Commission.

In other cases, for their adoption acts of the Council shall require at least 232 votes in favour, cast by at least two thirds of the members.

3. Abstentions by Members present in person or represented shall not prevent the adoption by the Council of acts which require unanimity.

4. When a decision is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, a member of the Council may request verification that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62% of the total population of the Union. If that condition is shown not to have been met, the decision in question shall not be adopted.

[4] Article amended by the 2003 Act of Accession. See Appendix at the end of this publication.

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