L 22/32 Official Journal of the European Union 26.1.2006 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL DECISION of 23 January 2006 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure (2006/34/EC, Euratom) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(3) thereof, Article 1 of Annex Ila to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 121(3) thereof, i ) ) ‘Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1) and 41(1) thereof, For the purposes of implementing Article 205(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Article Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex Ila to the Council’s 118(4) of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Rules of Procedure (1), Energy Community, and the third subparagraph of Article 23(2) and Article 34(3) of the Treaty on European Union, Whereas: the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006 shall be as follows: (1)  Article 11(5) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure (here- inafter referred to as Rules of Procedure) provides that when a decision is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, and if a member of the Council so requests, it shall be verified that the Member States Population o o L. Member State constituting the qualified majority represent at least (x 1000) 62 % of the total population of the Union calculated according to the population figures set out in Article 1 Germany 825008 of Annex Ila to the Rules of Procedure. France 62 370,8 ) Artlgle 2(2) of Annex Ha to the Rules of Procedu.re. on United Kingdom 60 063.2 detailed rules for implementing the provisions concerning the. weighting of votes in the Council Italy 58 4624 provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Cou.nc.il shall, .in accordance with the data ava.ilflble to the Spain 43038,0 Statistical Office of the European Communities on 30 September of the preceding year, amend the figures set Poland 381738 out in Article 1 of that Annex. Netherlands 16 305,5 (3)  The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly, Greece 11073,0 (") Council Decision 2004/338/EC, Euratom of 22 March 2004 Portugal 105293 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (O] L 106, 15.4.2004, p- 22). Decision as amended by Decision 2004/701EC, Euratom (O] Belgium 10 445,9 L 319, 20.10.2004, p. 15).