Considerations on COM(2005)68 - Amendment of Council Decision of 16 December 1980 setting up the consultative committee for the fusion programme

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dossier COM(2005)68 - Amendment of Council Decision of 16 December 1980 setting up the consultative committee for the fusion programme.
document COM(2005)68 EN
date April 18, 2005
 
table>(1)The CCE-FU is to deliver its opinions by means of a weighted voting system when, acting under paragraph 5(g) of the Council Decision of 16 December 1980, it defines priority actions with a view to allocation of preferential support.
(2)On 21 October 2004 the CCE-FU unanimously recommended an update of its weighted voting system which should be applied within the Committee referred to in paragraph 14 of the Council Decision of 16 December 1980, when dealing with fusion-related aspects, in order to include the voting rights of the new Member States following their accession.

(3)In view of the above, it is now appropriate to amend accordingly the Council Decision of 16 December 1980,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

In paragraph 14 of the Council Decision of 16 December 1980 the last two sentences shall be replaced by the following text:

‘Opinions relating to point (g) of paragraph 5 shall be adopted by the following weighted voting system:

Belgium2
Czech Republic2
Denmark2
Germany5
Estonia1
Greece2
Spain3
France5
Ireland2
Italy5
Cyprus1
Latvia1
Lithuania2
Luxembourg1
Hungary2
Malta1
Netherlands2
Austria2
Poland3
Portugal2
Slovenia1
Slovakia2
Finland2
Sweden2
United Kingdom5
Switzerland2
Total60

For the adoption of an opinion, the required majority shall be 31 votes in favour by at least 14 delegations.’

Done at Luxembourg, 18 April 2005.

For the Council

The President

J. KRECKÉ


(1) OJ L 232, 29.8.2002, p. 34.

(2) OJ L 294, 29.10.2002, p. 74.

(3) Not published, but last amended by Council Decision 95/1/EC Euratom, ECSC (OJ L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 1).