
Article 1 
Council Decision 2009/908/EU of 1 December 2009 laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council, is amended as follows:

((1)) Article 1 is replaced by the following:
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Article 1 
The order in which the Member States shall hold the Presidency of the Council as from 1 July 2017 and until 31 December 2030, as well as the division of this order of Presidencies into groups of three Member States is set out in Annex I to this Decision.';
((2)) Article 3 is replaced by the following:
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Article 3 
The Council shall, before 31 December 2029, decide the order in which the Member States will hold the Presidency of the Council as from 1 January 2031';
((3)) the text of Annex I to Council Decision 2009/908/EU is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
It shall apply from 1 July 2017.
It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 26 July 2016.
For the Council
The President
M. LAJČÁK
ANNEX


‘ANNEX I 
Netherlands January-June 2016
Slovakia July-December 2016
Malta January-June 2017
Estonia July-December 2017
Bulgaria January-June 2018
Austria July-December 2018
Romania January-June 2019
Finland July-December 2019
Croatia January-June 2020
Germany July-December 2020
Portugal January-June 2021
Slovenia July-December 2021
France January-June 2022
Czech Republic July-December 2022
Sweden January-June 2023
Spain July-December 2023
Belgium January-June 2024
Hungary July-December 2024
Poland January-June 2025
Denmark July-December 2025
Cyprus January-June 2026
Ireland July-December 2026
Lithuania January-June 2027
Greece July-December 2027
Italy January-June 2028
Latvia July-December 2028
Luxembourg January-June 2029
Netherlands July-December 2029
Slovakia January-June 2030
Malta July-December 2030


