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Document 32022D2518

    Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2022/2518 of 13 December 2022 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

    ST/14958/2022/INIT

    OJ L 326, 21.12.2022, p. 23–24 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2518/oj

    Date of document:
    13/12/2022; Date of adoption
    Date of effect:
    21/12/2022; Entry into force Date pub. See Art 2
    Date of effect:
    01/01/2023; Application See Art 2
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    No end date
    Author:
    Council of the European Union
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    Decision
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    Treaty on European Union , Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
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    21.12.2022   

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    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 326/23

    COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2022/2518

    of 13 December 2022

    amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

    Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    When an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, it has to be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 65 % of the population of the Union.

    (2)

    That percentage is calculated according to the population figures set out in Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (‘the Rules of Procedure’) (1).

    (3)

    Article 11(6) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council is to amend the figures set out in that Annex, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year.

    (4)

    The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2023.

    (5)

    In accordance with Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Article 240 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies to the European Atomic Energy Community,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

    Article 1

    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

    Member State

    Population

    Percentage of the population of the Union (%)

    Germany

    83 203 320

    18,59

    France

    67 842 582

    15,16

    Italy

    59 607 184

    13,32

    Spain

    47 432 805

    10,6

    Poland

    37 654 247

    8,41

    Romania

    19 038 098

    4,25

    Netherlands

    17 734 036

    3,96

    Belgium

    11 631 136

    2,6

    Greece

    10 603 810

    2,37

    Czechia

    10 545 457

    2,36

    Sweden

    10 440 000

    2,33

    Portugal

    10 352 042

    2,31

    Hungary

    9 689 010

    2,17

    Austria

    8 967 500

    2,00

    Bulgaria

    6 838 937

    1,53

    Denmark

    5 864 667

    1,31

    Finland

    5 541 241

    1,24

    Slovakia

    5 434 712

    1,21

    Ireland

    5 060 004

    1,13

    Croatia

    3 862 305

    0,86

    Lithuania

    2 805 998

    0,63

    Slovenia

    2 107 180

    0,47

    Latvia

    1 875 757

    0,42

    Estonia

    1 331 796

    0,3

    Cyprus

    904 700

    0,2

    Luxembourg

    643 648

    0,14

    Malta

    520 971

    0,12

    EU 27

    447 533 143

     

    Threshold (65 %)

    290 896 543

     
    ’.

    Article 2

    This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    It shall apply from 1 January 2023.

    Done at Brussels, 13 December 2022.

    For the Council

    The President

    M. BEK

    (1)  Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure (OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35).

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