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Dear Reader of "Essential EU Law in Charts, 2nd Lisbon edition, 2010, <...> Reprint".
Please take note of the following updates and corrigenda. Please consider that this book has seen several reprints, which brought about minor updates with each reprint. It may therefore occur that updates or corrigenda are listed which may already have been taken care of in your printed copy.
Update | p. 73
Following the adoption of transitional measures, the box in the 3rd row must read:
The other Members of the European Parliament (MEP), 2009-2014
735 additional members (in total 736), elected by the peoples of all Member States in direct elections, based on a proportional representation system, for five years. There is no uniform election procedure yet (see Art. 229(1) TFEU). In 2010, transitional measures have been adopted in order to raise the number of MEPs to 754 until the end of the 2009-2014 legislative period. For twelve Member States, the number of MEPs has changed, as provided for by the Intergovernmental Conference which approved the Lisbon Treaty.
Distribution of seats:
Germany 99 France 74 United Kingdom, Italy 73 each Spain 54 Poland 51 Romania 33 Netherlands 26 Belgium, Czech Republic,Hungary, Greece, Portugal 22 each Sweden 20 Austria 19 Bulgaria 18 Denmark, Finland, Slovakia 13 each Ireland, Lithuania 12 each Latvia 9 Slovenia 8 Cyprus, Estonia, Luxembourg 6 each Malta 3
On the right to vote in special territories of the Member States, see e.g. Spain v UK (2006), concerning the UK and Gibraltar; Eman and Sevinger (2006), concerning the Netherlands and Aruba.