Activities of Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI related to 2010/0074(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Citizens’ initiative (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) For that purpose, it is also appropriate to establish the minimum number of citizens coming from each of those Member States. In order to ensure similafair conditions for citizens to support a citizens' initiativeof all nationalities, these minimum numbers should be degressively proportional to the size of each Member State. For the purpose of clarity they should be set out for each Member State in an Annex to the present Regulationaccording to the formula as agreed from time to time for the distribution of seats in the European Parliament.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) It must be ensured that all legally resident inhabitants of the Member States, irrespective of sex, racial or ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, have equal opportunities to participate in a citizens´ initiative as an organiser or as a signatory and that the principles of non-discrimination are followed. Information about citizens´ initiatives should be accessible and easy to understand for everyone.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is appropriate to ensure that statements of support for a citizens' initiative are collected within a specific time-limit. In order to ensure that proposed citizens' initiatives remain relevant, whilst taking account of the complexity of collecting statements of support across the European Union, that time-limit should not be longer than 128 months from the date of registration of the proposed initiative.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is appropriate to provide that, where a citizens' initiative has received the necessary statements of support from signatories and provided it is considered admissible, each Member State should be responsible for the verification and certification of statements of support collected from citizens coming from thatlegally resident inhabitants of that Member State. Taking account of the need to limit the administrative burden for Member States, they should, within a period of three months, carry out such verifications on the basis of appropriate checks, which may be based on random sampling, and should issue a document certifying the number of valid statements of support received.
Amendment 96 #
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 monthsrespond to it in a clear, comprehensible and detailed manner and within a time frame corresponding to its handling of legislative initiatives of the European Parliament under Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Thus, as a first step, the Commission should after three months inform the organisers of a successful initiative how it intends to act on the initiative. As a second step, citizens should have the assurance that a successful citizens' initiative will be the subject of an official public hearing at European Union level. The Commission, as the addressee of an initiative, should ensure that such a hearing takes place and that it will be represented at an appropriate level. The European Parliament, through its committee responsible, should always be invited to participate in the organising of such hearings. As a third step, the Commission should come forward with its final response to the initiative, either by proposing legislation accordingly or by explaining in a detailed manner its reasons for not acting on the initiative. The Commission should also give a thorough explanation in the event that the legislative proposal diverges significantly from the citizens' initiative. The decision should be subject to appeal to the Court of Justice, and/or to the European Ombudsman if there appear to be justifiable grounds on which a case of maladministration can be made.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for the purpose of amending the Annexes to this Regulation, save where such amendment would involve the addition of further personal data relating to signatories.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
2. "Signatories" means citizens of the Unionall legally resident inhabitants of the Member States that have supported a given citizens" initiative by completing a statement of support for that initiative;
Amendment 123 #
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 oflegally resident within the Union and shall be of the age to be entitled to vote in the European electionsat least 16 years of age.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. All statements of support shall be collected after the date of registration of the proposed initiative and within a period that shall not exceed 128 months. If that period lapses without the necessary statements of support being submitted, an indication to that effect shall be entered in the register.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa. receive the organisers at an appropriate level to allow them to explain in detail the matters raised by the initiative;
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
b. examine the citizens' initiative and, within 4within three months, set out in a communication its legal and political conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its reasons for doing or not doing so.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
The Commission may adopt, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Articles 16, 17 and 18, amendments to the Annexes tof this Regulation, save where such amendment would involve the addition of further personal data relating to signatories.