14 Amendments of Andreas MÖLZER related to 2010/0074(COD)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Treaty on European Union reinforces the citizenship of the Union and enhances further the democratic functioning of the Union by providing inter aliaprovides that every citizen shall have the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union and that not less than one million citizens who are nationals of a significant number of Member States may take the initiative of inviting the European Commission, within the framework of its powers, to submit any appropriate proposal on matters where citizens consider that a legal act of the Union is required for the purpose of implementing the Treaties.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) It is necessary to establish the minimum number of Member States from which citizens must come. In order to ensure that a citizens' initiative is representative of a Union interest, this number should be set at one thirdquarter of Member States.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is appropriate to fix a minimum age for supporting a citizens' initiative. This should be set as the age at which citizens are entitled to vote in the European Parliament elections in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission should examine a citizens' initiative and set out its conclusions and the actions it envisages to take in response to it, within a period of four monthsthree months. Where a citizens’ initiative is supported by more than one million Union citizens, the Commission should take action with regard to the matter which it concerns. At all events, a successful initiative should also be the subject of an official hearing at Union level. In this case, the institutions and bodies of the Union should cooperate with a view to organising this debate.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The Commission should report on the implementation of this Regulation fivthree years after its entry into force.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
1. "Citizens’ initiative" means an initiative, submitted to the Commission in accordance with the present Regulation, inviting the Commission, within the framework of its powers, to submit any appropriate proposal on matters where citizens consider that a legal act of the Union is required for the purpose of implementing the Treaties, which has received the support of at least one million eligible signatories coming from at least one thirdquarter of all Member States;
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. In order to be eligible to support a proposed citizens' initiative, signatories shall be citizens of the Union and shall be of the age to be entitled to vote in the European elections. in the Member State concerned.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This information shall be provided in at least one of the official languages of the Union, in an online register made available for that purpose by the Commission (hereafter "the register").
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Proposed citizens' initiatives which can be reasonably regarded as improper because they areThe Commission shall register a proposed initiative within two months following its receipt, provided that the following conditions are met: (a) there are no manifest, significant inconsistencies between the linguistic versions of the title, subject-matter and objectives of the proposed initiative; (b) the initiative does not manifestly fall outside the scope of the Commission’s power under the Treaties to submit a proposal for the requested legal act; (c) the proposed initiative is neither abusive nor devoid of seriousness will not be registered.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The signatories of a citizens' initiative shall come from at least one thirdquarter of Member States.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In one thirdquarter of Member States, signatories shall comprise at least the minimum number of citizens set out in Annex I.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
b. examine the citizens' initiative and, within 43 months, set out in a communication its conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its reasons for doing so.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
ba. if a citizens' initiative signed by more than one million Union citizens succeeds, submit a proposal for a Union legal act consistent with the subject-matter of the citizens' initiative.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
The organising committeer shall destroy all statements of support received for a given citizens' initiative and any copies thereof at the latest onetwo months after spubmitting that initiative to the Commisslication of the European Commission's communication in accordance with Article 10 or 18 months after the date of registration of a proposed citizens' initiative, whichever is the earlier.