2010/795/EU: Council Decision of 14 December 2010 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU and Article 3(3) and (4) of the Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1000) Germany81802,3France64714,1United Kingdom62008,0Italy60340,3Spain45989,0Poland38167,3Romania21462,2Netherlands16575,0Greece11305,1Belgium10827,0Portugal10637,7Czech Republic10506,8Hungary10014,3Sweden9340,7Austria8375,3Bulgaria7563,7Denmark5534,7Slovakia5424,9Finland5351,4Ireland4467,9Lithuania3329,0Latvia2248,4Slovenia2047,0Estonia1340,1Cyprus803,1Luxembourg502,1Malta413,0Total501090,4Threshold (62 %)310676,1’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2011.