council decis januari amend council rule procedur ec euratom council european union regard treati establish european commun subparagraph articl thereof regard treati establish european atom energi commun articl thereof regard treati european union articl thereof regard articl annex iia council rule procedur articl council rule procedur hereinaft refer rule procedur decis adopt council qualifi major member council request verifi member state constitut qualifi major repres total popul union calcul popul figur set articl annex iia rule procedur articl annex iia rule procedur detail rule implement provis weight vote council effect januari year council accord data statist offic european commun septemb preced year amend figur set articl annex rule procedur amend decid articl articl annex iia rule procedur replac quot articl purpos implement articl treati establish european commun articl treati establish european atom energi commun subparagraph articl articl treati european union total popul member state period januari decemb member state popul germani franc unit kingdom itali spain poland netherland greec portug belgium czech republ hungari sweden austria denmark slovakia finland ireland lithuania latvia slovenia estonia cypru luxembourg malta total threshold quot articl decis enter forc dai public offici journal european union appli januari brussel januari council presid pröll council decis ec euratom march adopt council rule procedur oj decis amend decis ec euratom oj