2011/900/EU: Council Decision of 19 December 2011 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 annexed to the Treaties, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 shall be as follows: Member State Population (× 1000) Germany81751,6France65075,4United Kingdom62435,7Italy60626,4Spain46152,9Poland38200,0Romania21413,8Netherlands16655,8Greece11325,9Belgium10918,4Portugal10637,0Czech Republic10532,8Hungary9985,7Sweden9415,6Austria8404,3Bulgaria7504,9Denmark5560,6Slovakia5435,3Finland5375,3Ireland4480,9Lithuania3244,6Latvia2229,6Slovenia2050,2Estonia1340,2Cyprus804,4Luxembourg511,8Malta417,6Total502486,7Threshold (62 %)311541,8’

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 2012.