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10 Amendments of György SCHÖPFLIN related to 2012/0237(COD)

Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The European political parties and the European political foundations should be governed by the substantive rules set out in this Regulation, and, in matters not, or only partly, regulated by this Regulation, by national law in the Member States, in particular that of the Member State where they have their respective seat and for the purposes of which they should identify the appropriate legal form, which must correspond to a form of legal entity recognised in the legal order of that Member State.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Many Member States grant beneficial tax treatment to donations made to domestic political parties and political foundations both for the beneficiary and for the donors. Given the need to encourage the development of own resources of European political parties and European political foundations, it is important that this beneficial tax treatment is also automatically available to European political parties, European political foundations and their donors, for donations made within or across borders.deleted
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The application of key aspects of this Regulation should be presented on a dedicated website and examined in an annual report from the European Parliament which should be published both in a printed and in an on-line version.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The European Parliament shall establish a registry (hereinafter referred to as 'the Registry') for the purposes of the registration of a European political party and a European political foundation. The Registry shall be also available on-line.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Within three months following the reception of the application for registration, the European Parliament shall adopt a decision by an absolute majority of its component members, which it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union, together with the party or foundation statutes or, where an application has not been approved, the grounds for rejection.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Whenever requested to do so by one quarter of its members, representing at least three political groups in the European Parliament, the European Parliament shall decide by an absolute majority of its members whether the condition in Article 3(1)(c) for a European political party and in Article 3(2)(c) for a European political foundation continues to be met.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In the event that the committee should decide, having heard all the relevant representations, that the European political party or European political foundation concerned fails to meet the requisite criteria, it shall have the power to issue a reproof, levy a fine or propose the suspension or expulsion of the party or foundation in question.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. ForIn matters nothat aregulated by this Regulation or, where matters are not, or that are only partly, regulated by it, for those aspects not covered by itthis Regulation, the European political party and the European political foundation shall be governed inby the laws of the Member State in which it has its seat by those national laws applicable to the legal form referred to in the party or foundation statutes. Activities carried out by the European political party and the European political foundation in other Member States shall be governed by the relevant national laws of those Member States.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A European political party which is registered in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down in this Regulation, which isle being represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members, and which is not in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article [93] of the Financial Regulationat least one quarter of the Member States by political parties within the meaning of Article 2(1), and in the European Parliament by at least one of its members, may apply for funding from the general budget of the European Union, in accordance. Applications for funding must be made in conformity with the terms and conditions published by the European Parliament in a call for [contribu. The European political party may not be in a situation of exclusion as defined in the Financial Regulations].
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. If the European Parliament finds, in accordance with Article 7(2), that a European political party or a European political foundation has failed to respect the values on which the Union is founded or has been the subject of a judgement which has the force of res judicata for illegal activities detrimental to the financial interests of the Union as defined in Article [93(1)(e)] of the Financial Regulation, or that a European political party has failed to respect the minimum rules on internal democracy required by Article 4(2), the European political party or the European political foundation in question may be removsubject to a reproof or to a fine or may be deleted from the Registry, thereby forfeit its status in accordance with Article 11, and have any ongoing decision on Union funding received under this Regulation withdrawn or any ongoing agreement on such funding terminated and any Union funding recovered, including any unspent Union funds from previous years.
2013/01/18
Committee: AFCO