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Official Journal of the European Union
19.1.2013
DECISIONS
COUNCIL DECISION
of 14 January 2013
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
(2013/37/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
transitional provisions annexed to the Treaties, the total
population of each Member State for the period from
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 shall be as follows:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
Member State
Population
(× 1 000)
Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Council’s Rules
of Procedure (
Germany 81
843,7

1 ),
France 65
397,9
Whereas:
United Kingdom 62
989,6
(1) Article
3(3),
first
and
fourth
subparagraphs,
of
the
Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions annexed to
Italy 60
820,8
the Treaties provide that, until 31 October 2014, when
an act is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified
Spain 46
196,3
majority, and if a member of the Council so requests, it
must be verified that the Member States constituting the
Poland 38
538,4
qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total
population of the Union.
Romania 21
355,8
(2)
That percentage is calculated according to the population
Netherlands 16
730,3
figures set out in Article 1 of Annex III to the Council’s
Rules of Procedure (hereinafter ‘Rules of Procedure’).
Greece 11
290,9
(3)
Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure
Belgium 11
041,3
provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the
Council, in accordance with the data available to the
Portugal 10
541,8
Statistical Office of the European Union on 30
September of the preceding year, must amend the
Czech Republic 10
505,4
figures set out in Article 1 of that Annex.
Hungary 9
957,7
(4) The
Rules
of
Procedure
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly for 2013,
Sweden 9
482,9
Austria 8
443,0
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Bulgaria 7
327,2
Article 1
Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be
Denmark 5
580,5
replaced by the following:
Slovakia 5
404,3
‘Article 1
Finland 5
401,3
For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU
and Article 3(3) and (4) of the Protocol (No 36) on
Ireland 4
582,8
( 1 ) Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the
Lithuania 3
007,8
Council’s Rules of Procedure (OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35).

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EN
19.1.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
16/17
Article 2
Member State
Population
(× 1 000)
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication
Slovenia 2
055,5
in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Latvia 2
041,8
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
Estonia 1
339,7
Cyprus 862,0
Luxembourg 524,9
Done at Brussels, 14 January 2013.
Malta 416,1
Total 503
679,7
For the Council
Threshold (62 %) 312
281,4’
The President
E. GILMORE

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