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34 Amendments of Richard CORBETT related to 2008/2169(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas citizens will thus for the first time be directly involved in the initiation of European legislative procesposals,
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 9 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas Article 76 FEUT indicates that a legislative proposal supported by a quarter of the Member States may be presumed to take sufficient account of the European general interest; whereas, however, this applies to submission of the legislative proposal itself, while the citizens’ initiative is a request to the Commission to submit such a proposal and thus concerns an earlier stage in the legislative process; whereas, therefore, such a minimum number can be considered to be unchallengeable only if it is less than a quarter of the Member Stata number of EU provisions make reference to the threshold of one quarter of the Member States (for instance, Article 76 FEUT; the statute on political parties; the Rule on political groups in the EP) and that this can be considered as a reasonable figure for other appropriate cases,
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 16 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Recital -S (new)
-S. whereas it would be advisable for initiatives to refer to one or more appropriate legal bases for the tabling of the proposed legal act by the Commission,
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 37 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 1
1. The minimum number of Member States from which the citizens taking part in the initiative must come is fourone quarter of the Member States.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 45 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 3
3. Every Union citizen over the age of 16f voting age may participate in a European Citizens’ I' initiative.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 48 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - introductory part
5. The first stage of a European Citizens’ Initiative begins with its organisers registering the initiative with the Commission and ends with the Commission’s formal decision on the success of that registration. Its main features are as follows:
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 49 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (a)
(a) A European Citizens’ Initiative must be duly registered by its organisers with the Commission. To register, organisers state their name, date of birth, nationality and home address, and the exact wording of the citizens’ initiative in one of the European Union’s official languages.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 51 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - introductory part
(b) The Commission verifies the admissibility of the registered citizens’ initiative. A citizens’ initiative is admissible if it satisfies the following four requirements:deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 54 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - bullet point 1
• It contains a request to the Commission to submit a proposal for the adoption of a legal act of the European Union.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 56 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - bullet point 2
• The European Union is empowered by the Treaties on which the Union is based to adopt a legal act on the matters concerndeleted.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 57 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - bullet point 3
• The European Commission is empowered by the Treaties on which the Union is based to submit a proposal for a legal act on the matters concerndeleted.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 58 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - bullet point 4
• The requested legal act is not patently unlawful.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 62 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (c)
(c) Within two months of registration of the citizens’ initiative the Commission must decide whether the registration has succeeded. The decision must state whether the citizens’ initiative is admissible. Registration may be rejected only on legal grounds.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 68 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (d)
(d) The decision is addressed both to the organisers individually and to the general public. The organisers are notified of it and it is published in the Official Journal. The European Parliament, the Council and the Member States are notified of the decision immediately.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 71 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (e)
(e) The decision is subject to scrutiny by the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Ombudsman in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union law. This applies mutatis mutandis if the Commission decides not to take such a decision.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 73 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (f)
(f) The Commission provides on its website, accessible to the public, an index of all successfully registered citizens’ initiatives.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 75 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (g)
(g) A citizens’ initiative’s organisers may de-register the initiative at any time. It is then considered not registered and is deleted from the above Commission index.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 77 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 6 - point (a)
(a) The Member States make provision in their law for an effective procedure for the collection of lawful statements of support for a European Citizens’ Initiative and for official confirmation of the result of that collection.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 78 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 6 - point (b)
(b) A statement of support is lawful if is declared within the period for collecting statements of support in accordance with the relevant legal provisions of the Member States and of Union law. The period for collecting statements of support is one year. It begins on the first day of the third month following the decision on registration of the citizens’ initiativeone year of registration.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 81 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 6 - point (d)
(d) Support for a citizens’ initiative may be stated only once. Every statement of support contains a separate solemn declaration by the supporting person that they have not previously stated their support for the same citizens’ initiative.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 82 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 6 - point (e)
(e) Any statement of support may be withdrawn before the period for the collection of statements of support expires. The supporting statement is then considered not to have been made. The organisers must inform every supporting person of this option. Every statement of support by the supporting person must contain a separate declaration that they have been informed of this option.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 84 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 6 - point (f)
(f) Every supporting person receives a copy of their statement of support from the organisers together with a copy of their solemn declaration and their declaration that they have taken note of the withdrawal option.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 85 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 6 - point (g)
(g) Within two months and after verifying the details of the statements of support, the Member States provide the citizens’ initiative’s organisers with an official confirmation of the number of lawful statements of support, listed by nationality of the supporting persons. They take appropriate steps to ensure that every statement of support is confirmed only once by one of the Member States and that multiple confirmations by different Member States or different agencies of the same Member State are effectively prevented. The personal data is subject to data protection requirements, for which the relevant authorities of the Member States are held accountable.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 86 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (a)
(a) A European Citizens’ Initiative must be lawfully presented by the organisers to the Commission. The Member States’ confirmations on the number of statements of support must be submitted at the time of presentation.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 87 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (b) - bullet point 2
• who are nationals of at least four • who are nationals of at least one Member States, quarter of Member States,
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 93 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (c)
(c) Within two months of presentation of the citizens’ initiative the Commission must decide whether that presentation has succeeded. The decision must include a statement on the repmet the formal requiresmentativeness of the initiative. The presentation may be rejected only on legal groundss and will be considered by the Commission.
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 95 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (d)
(d) The decision is addressed both to the organisers individually and to the general public. The organisers are notified of it and it is published in the Official Journal. The European Parliament, the Council and the Member States are notified of the decision immediately.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 96 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (e)
(e) The decision is subject to scrutiny by the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Ombudsman in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union law. This applies mutatis mutandis if the Commission decides not to take such a decision.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 97 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (f)
(f) The Commission provides on its website, accessible to the public, an index of all successfully presented citizens’ initiatives.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 98 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8- point (a)
(a) A successfully presented citizens’ initiative obliges the Commission to look into the content of the matters raised by the initiative within an appropriate period and publicly state its position on those matters.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 99 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8- point (b)
(b) To that end the College of Members of the Commission invites the initiative’s organisers to a hearing and gives them an opportunity to explain in detail the matters raised in the initiative.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 101 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8- point (c)
(c) The Commission must take a collective decision on its position on the request by the initiative. If it does not intend to submit a proposal it announces the reasons for not doing so.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 103 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8- point (d)
(d) The decision is addressed both to the organisers individually and to the general public. The organisers are notified of it and it is published in the Official Journal. The European Parliament, the Council and the Member States are notified of the decision immediately.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 104 #
Richard CORBETT
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8- point (e)
(e) If the Commission decides not to take such a decision this is subject to the judicial scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Ombudsman in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union law.deleted
2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO
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