12.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 333/77 COUNCIL DECISION of 10 December 2013 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure (2013/746/EU) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (1), Whereas: (1) The first and fourth subparagraphs of Article 3(3) of Protocol (No 36) on transitional provisions, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, provide that, until 31 October 2014, when an act is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, and if a member of the Council so requests, it must be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union. (2)  That percentage is calculated according to the population figures set out in Article 1 of Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (the ‘Rules of Procedure’). (3)  Article 2(2) of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year, must amend the figures set out in Article 1 of that Annex. (4 The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 October 2014, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 Article 1 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 For the purposes of implementing Article 16(5) of the TEU and Article 3(3) and (4) of Protocol (No 36) on transitional (") Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure (O] L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35). provisions, the total population of each Member State for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 October 2014 shall be as follows: Member State oo Germany 80 523,7 France 65 633,2 United Kingdom 63 730,1 Italy 59 685,2 Spain 46 704,3 Poland 38 533,3 Romania 20 057,5 Netherlands 16 779,6 Belgium 11161,6 Greece 11 062,5 Czech Republic 10 516,1 Portugal 10 487,3 Hungary 9908,8 Sweden 95559 Austria 8451,9 Bulgaria 7 284,6 Denmark 5602,6 Finland 5426,7 Slovakia 5410,8 Ireland 4591,1 Croatia 4262,1 Lithuania 29719