2008/945/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 8 December 2008 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the EC Treaty, Article 118(4) of the Euratom Treaty, and the third subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the EU Treaty, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1000) Germany82217,8France63753,1United Kingdom61224,1Italy59619,3Spain45283,3Poland38115,6Romania21528,6Netherlands16405,4Greece11213,8Belgium10666,9Portugal10617,6Czech Republic10381,1Hungary10045,4Sweden9182,9Austria8331,9Bulgaria7640,2Denmark5475,8Slovakia5401,0Finland5300,5Ireland4401,3Lithuania3366,4Latvia2270,9Slovenia2025,9Estonia1340,9Cyprus789,3Luxembourg483,8Malta410,3Total497493,1Threshold (62 %)308445,7’.

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2009.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.