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Details...Dear Reader of "Essential EU Law in Charts, 2nd Lisbon edition, 2010". Please take note of the following updates and corrigenda:
Update | p. 96
Following the accession of Croatia, the distribution of weighted votes has changed. Hence, the box in the 2nd row must read:
System based on the weighting of votes
Weighting of votes roughly according to the size of the Member States:
Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom 29 Spain, Poland 27 Romania 14 The Netherlands 13 Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Portugal 12 Austria, Bulgaria, Sweden 10 Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Finland 7 Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Slovenia 4 Malta 3 TOTAL 352
In the same vein, in the 4th row, the box in the middle must read:
In any case:
260 votesAt the least 260 votes must be cast in favour, i.e. 73.9%.