concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia and the adjustments to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community

1. By way of derogation from Article 305, first paragraph, of the TFEU establishing the maximum number of members of the Committee of the Regions, Article 8 of the Protocol on transitional provisions, annexed to the TEU, the TFEU and the EAEC Treaty, shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

Until the entry into force of the decision referred to in Article 305 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the allocation of members of the Committee of the Regions shall be as follows:

Belgium	12
Bulgaria	12
Czech Republic	12
Denmark	9
Germany	24
Estonia	7
Ireland	9
Greece	12
Spain	21
France	24
Croatia	9
Italy	24
Cyprus	6
Latvia	7
Lithuania	9
Luxembourg	6
Hungary	12
Malta	5
Netherlands	12
Austria	12
Poland	21
Portugal	12
Romania	15
Slovenia	7
Slovakia	9
Finland	9
Sweden	12
United Kingdom	24’

2. The number of members of the Committee of the Regions shall be temporarily increased to 353 to take account of the accession of Croatia for the period running from the date of accession until the end of the term of office during which Croatia accedes to the Union or until the entry into force of the decision referred to in Article 305, second paragraph, of the TFEU, whichever comes first.

3. If the decision referred to in Article 305, second paragraph, of the TFEU has already been adopted by the date of accession, by way of derogation from Article 305, first paragraph, of the TFEU establishing the maximum number of members of the Committee of the Regions, Croatia shall be temporarily allocated an appropriate number of members until the end of the term of office during which it accedes to the Union.