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Document 12001C/DCL/20

    Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certa in related acts
    Declarations Adopted By The Conference
    Declaration on the enlargement of the European Union

    OJ C 80, 10.3.2001, p. 80–84 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/nice/fna_1/dcl_20/sign

    Date of document:
    26/02/2001
    Date of effect:
    26/02/2001; Takes effect Date of signing
    Date of signature:
    26/02/2001; Nice
    Author:
    Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
    Form:
    Declaration
    Treaty:
    Treaty establishing the European Community
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    Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certa in related acts - Declarations Adopted By The Conference - Declaration on the enlargement of the European Union

    Official Journal 080 , 10/03/2001 P. 0080 - 0084


    20. Declaration on the enlargement of the European Union(1)

    The common position to be adopted by the Member States at the accession conferences, as regards the distribution of seats at the European Parliament, the weighting of votes in the Council, the composition of the Economic and Social Committee and the composition of the Committee of the Regions will correspond to the following tables for a Union of 27 Member States.

    1. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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    2. THE WEIGHTING OF VOTES IN THE COUNCIL

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    Acts of the Council shall require for their adoption at least 258 votes in favour, cast by a majority of 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 258 votes in favour cast by at least two-thirds of the members.

    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.

    3. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

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    4. THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

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    (1) The tables in this declaration take account only of those candidate

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