TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART FIVE : INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY - TITLE I : PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS - CHAPTER 1 : THE INSTITUTIONS - SECTION 2 : THE COUNCIL - ARTICLE 146 /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */
Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0057
Article 146 The Council shall consist of a representative of each Member State at ministerial level, authorized to commit the government of that Member State. The office of President shall be held in turn by each Member State in the Council for a term of six months, in the following order of Member States: - for a first cycle of six years: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom; - for the following cycle of six years: Denmark, Belgium, Greece, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Portugal.