OVERALL VOTING RESULT ON A FORMAL OPINION
Related to draft implementing acts submitted under Regulation (EU) No182/2011 and measures under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny under Decision 1999/468/EC[1]
For votes under new Lisbon rules as from 1 November 2014
Dateof delivery of the opinion: / 17/02/2017RegCom number of draft implementing act/measure: / D049578/02
Opinion of the committee:
PositiveopinionX
Negativeopinion
No opinion:following a vote:
following expiry of the time-limit for
the committee to deliver an opinion:
Type of procedure – Reg 182/2011:Type of procedure – Dec 1999/468/EC:
Advisory (Art. 4) Regulatory with scrutiny (Art. 5a) X
Advisory (urgency, Art. 8)Regulatory with scrutiny (urgency, Art 6)
Examination (Art. 5)
Examination (urgency, Art. 8)
Appeal Committee: (Art. 6)
Exceptional cases (Art. 7)
Advisory/Advisory (urgency) procedure - Overall voting results:
Consensus:
Formal vote:Number of Member States in favour:[…]
Number of Member Statesagainst:[…]
Number of abstentions:[…]
The simple majority, which applies to the vote under the advisory procedure, is achieved with the majority of the Member States (at least 15 delegations).
Examination/Examination (urgency)/appeal/regulatory with scrutiny procedure -Overall voting results[2]:
Consensus:
Formal vote:Number of Member States in favour:[27] representing a population of: [98.60%]
Number of Member States against:[]
representing a population of:[]
Number of abstentions:[1]
Representing a population of:[1.40%]
65% population threshold met? In favourX against
Only in case the 65 % population threshold is not met:
Does the blocking minority include at least four Member States?Yes No
If applicable:
Number of Member States not represented:Updated01/11/14
[1]The regulatory procedure with scrutiny still applies in cases in which the basic act has not yet been aligned to the Lisbon Treaty
[2] In accordance with Article 16(4) TEU a qualified majority is defined as at least 55% of the Member States (ie. 16) comprising at least 65% of the EU population. A blocking minority must include at least four Member States, failing which the qualified majority shall be deemed attained.