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Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2017/2024(INL)

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Amendments (11)

Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 2 – point –a (new)
(-a) the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "After the registration is confirmed in accordance with paragraph 2, for the purpose of including it in the register, the organisers may provide the proposed citizens’ initiative in other languages authorised by the Member States in accordance with applicable national law. The Commission shall provide free translation services into all the official languages of the Union.";
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: " 2. Within two months of the receipt of the information listed in Annex II, and following a legal check from an independent body, the Commission shall assign the proposed citizens’ initiative a unique registration number and send a confirmation to the organisers thereof, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the citizens’ committee has been created and the contact persons have been designated in accordance with Article 3(2); (b) according to the above mentioned independent body, the proposed citizens’ initiative does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a new legal act, as well as for the repeal or modification of any existing legal act of the Union implementing or revising the Treaties; (c) the proposed citizens’ initiative is not manifestly abusive, frivolous or vexatious; and (d) the proposed citizens’ initiative is not manifestly contrary to the values of the Union as set out in Article 2 TEU."
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 2 – point b – paragraph 2
“3. The Commission may register an initiative partially and shall refuse the registration in whole or in part if the conditions laid down in paragraph 2 are not met.
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 54 #
Where it refuses to register a proposed citizens’ initiative or part thereof, the Commission shall inform the organisers exhaustively and in full detail of the reasons for such refusal and of all possible judicial and extrajudicial remedies available to them. If a part of a proposed citizens’ initiative does not meet the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, the Commission shall give to the organisers a period of 10 days to amend their request for registration.
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 2 – point b – paragraph 4
For the purposes of this Article, special attention shouldall be paid to Article 296(2) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union.
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 3 – point –a (new)
(-a) The first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "The organisers or, if applicable, the organisation created by them in accordance with Article 3(2) of this Regulation shall be responsible for the collection of the statements of support from signatories for a proposed citizens’ initiative which has been registered in accordance with Article 4.";
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) in Article 7, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. In at least one quarter of the Member States, signatories shall comprise, at the time of registration of the proposed citizens’ initiative, at least the minimum number of citizens set out in Annex I. Those minimum numbers shall correspond to the number of the Members of the European Parliament elected in each Member State, multiplied by the total number of Members of the European Parliament at the moment of registration."
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 5 – point a – paragraph 2
“within three monthsone month of the adoption of the motion for resolution referred to in Article 11a, set out in a communication its legal and political conclusions on the citizens’ initiative, the action it intends to take, if anyd, and itsin full detail, the reasons for taking or not taking that action.
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 5 – point b – paragraph 2
“In the case of a successful citizens’ initiative, in the normal run of events there is a presumption that the Commission will submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council within twelve months of the end of the three month period referred to in point (c). If the Commission is of the opinion that there are good reasons not to submit such a proposal, then it shall duly justify its decision. For the purposes of this Article, special attention should be paid to Article 296(2) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union..
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 7 – paragraph 2
1. The European Parliament shall hold a debate on those citizens’ initiatives that successfully meet all of the criteria laid down in this Regulation during the plenary session following the public hearing referred to in Article 11. Those debates may shall be concluded by the adoption of a motion for resolution .”;containing the European Parliament’s recommendation to the Commission on the actions needed as a follow up to the citizens’ initiative.
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where the conclusions in the communication of the Commission referred to in Article 10(1)(c) and the recommendation of the European Parliament referred to in paragraph 1 differ, the European Parliament may exercise the right conferred on it under Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)."
2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO