2006/34/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 23 January 2006 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure

For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Article 118(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and the third subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the Treaty on European Union, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1000) Germany82500,8France62370,8United Kingdom60063,2Italy58462,4Spain43038,0Poland38173,8Netherlands16305,5Greece11073,0Portugal10529,3Belgium10445,9Czech Republic10220,6Hungary10097,5Sweden9011,4Austria8206,5Denmark5411,4Slovakia5384,8Finland5236,6Ireland4109,2Lithuania3425,3Latvia2306,4Slovenia1997,6Estonia1347,0Cyprus749,2Luxembourg455,0Malta402,7Total461324,0Threshold (62 %)286020,9’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2006.