Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2030

law://eu/dec/2020/2030@2026-11-13

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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’)^note.

(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 2021.

(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:

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	83100961	18,54
France	67098824	14,97
Italy	60897891	13,58
Spain	47329981	10,56
Poland	37958138	8,47
Romania	19317984	4,31
Netherlands	17549457	3,91
Belgium	11549888	2,58
Greece	10709739	2,39
Czechia	10557001	2,35
Sweden	10330000	2,30
Portugal	10295909	2,30
Hungary	9769526	2,18
Austria	8897000	1,98
Bulgaria	6951482	1,55
Denmark	5816443	1,30
Finland	5521292	1,23
Slovakia	5457873	1,22
Ireland	4964440	1,11
Croatia	4058165	0,91
Lithuania	2794090	0,62
Slovenia	2095861	0,47
Latvia	1907675	0,43
Estonia	1328976	0,30
Cyprus	888005	0,20
Luxembourg	623962	0,14
Malta	514564	0,11
EU-27	448285127
Threshold (65 %)	291385333

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