 〜 リスボン条約 〜 |
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PROTOCOL (No 36)
ON TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II
PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE QUALIFIED MAJORITY
Article 3
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1. In accordance with Article 16(4) of the Treaty on European Union, the
provisions of that paragraph and of Article 238(2) of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union relating to the definition of the qualified
majority in the European Council and the Council shall take effect on 1
November 2014. 2. Between 1 November 2014 and 31 March 2017, when an act is to be adopted by qualified majority, a member of the Council may request that it be adopted in accordance with the qualified majority as defined in paragraph 3. In that case, paragraphs 3 and 4 shall apply. 3. Until 31 October 2014, the following provisions shall remain in force, without prejudice to the second subparagraph of Article 235(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. For acts of the European Council and of the Council requiring a qualified majority, members' votes shall be weighted as follows: Belgium 12 Bulgaria 10 Czech Republic 12 Denmark 7 Germany 29 Estonia 4 Ireland 7 Greece 12 Spain 27 France 29 Italy 29 Cyprus 4 Latvia 4 Lithuania 7 Luxembourg 4 Hungary 12 Malta 3 Netherlands 13 Austria 10 Poland 27 Portugal 12 Romania 14 Slovenia 4 Slovakia 7 Finland 7 Sweden 10 United Kingdom 29 Acts shall be adopted if there are at least 255 votes in favour representing a majority of the members where, under the Treaties, they must be adopted on a proposal from the Commission. In other cases decisions shall be adopted if there are at least 255 votes in favour representing at least two thirds of the members. A member of the European Council or the Council may request that, where an act is adopted by the European Council or the Council by a qualified majority, a check is made to ensure that the Member States comprising the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union. If that proves not to be the case, the act shall not be adopted. 4. Until 31 October 2014, the qualified majority shall, in cases where, under the Treaties, not all the members of the Council participate in voting, namely in the cases where reference is made to the qualified majority as defined in Article 238(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, be defined as the same proportion of the weighted votes and the same proportion of the number of the Council members and, if appropriate, the same percentage of the population of the Member States concerned as laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article. |