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Population, Voting and Article 205 EC

By Bartolus

Well, this our annual treat. Each year we point out that the Council amends its a href=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:285:0047:0071:EN:PDFRules of Procedure/a to set out the population figures of each member State and the 62% threshold figure laid down in Article 205 §4 EC. That provision states:blockquote?4. When a decision is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, a member of the Council may request verification that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union. If that condition is shown not to have been met, the decision in question shall not be adopted.?/blockquote pThe Council has adopted the a href=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:337:0092:0093:EN:PDFnew decision/a setting out the figures for 2009. pThe 62% threshold figure is now increased from 306,964,400 to 308,445,700./p pFor last year's figures and amendment, see a href=http://eulaw.typepad.com/eulawblog/2008/01/population-voti.htmlhere/a./p

Full post as published by EU Law Blog on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).