COUNCIL/EP : EU-27: CHANGES TO THE WEIGHTING OF VOTES IN THE COUNCIL.

With Romania and Bulgaria having joined the EU on 1 January 2007, changes of a technical nature have been made within the European institutions. The consolidated Treaty of the European Communities, published in the Official Journal of the EU on 29 December (E 321 C), indicates the changes that have been made, notably in the weighting of the votes in the Council and the number of representatives elected to the European Parliament.

In the Council, for deliberations that require a qualified...