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7 Amendments of Stanimir ILCHEV related to 2011/2302(REG)

Amendment 16 #

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraphs 1 to 4 (new)
Rule 197a Public hearings on citizens’ initiatives 1. The Vice-President of Parliament responsible for citizens’ initiatives shall, on behalf of the President, liaise with citizens, representative associations and civil society on matters relating to citizens’ initiatives. 2. The Conference of Committee Chairs shall coordinate the public hearings referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative1. It shall liaise with the Commission and, where necessary, with other Union institutions and bodies to ensure that public hearings are organised and conducted under appropriate and uniform conditions. When the Conference of Committee Chairs considers a matter relating to public hearings, it shall invite the Vice- President of Parliament responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives to take part in its proceedings in an advisory capacity. 3. When the Commission has published a citizens’ initiative in the relevant register pursuant to point (a) of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011, a standing committee shall be nominated by Parliament or, during adjournment of the session, by the President on behalf of the Conference of Presidents, as competent to conduct a public hearing. The Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs: (a) shall ascertain whether the Commission has received the organisers at an appropriate level in accordance with point (b) of Article 10(1) of the Regulation; (b) may, at the request of the chair of the committee responsible for matters relating to petitions, authorise members of the Bureau and coordinators of that committee to take part in organising the public hearing; (c) shall ensure that the Commission is properly involved in organising the public hearing and that it is represented at an appropriate level at the hearing; and (d) shall, in agreement with the chair of the committee responsible, determine an appropriate date for the public hearing within three months of the submission of the initiative to the Commission in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011. 4. Rule 23(9) shall not apply to such public hearings. ______________ 1 OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 18 #

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraph 5 (new)
5. If all the requirements are met, the public hearing may be conducted pursuant to the procedure with associated committees in accordance with Rule 50, or the procedure with joint committee meetings in accordance with Rule 51. Rule 50 and Rule 51 shall apply mutatis mutandis. If Rule 50 or Rule 51 applies, the Conference of Committee Chairs may invite the Vice-President of Parliament responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives to chair the public hearing.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 19 #

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. If a conflict arises in relation to the competence of two or more standing committees, it shall be resolved by the Conference of Presidents. The specific conditions laid down in Rule 188(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 21 #

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraph 6 (new)
6. The citizens’ initiative shall be presented, following an invitation from the committee responsible, by a properly represented group of the organisers including members of the citizens’ committee referred to in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 and/or at least one of the contact persons likewise referred to therein. Any Member wishing to attend the public hearing may do so. The Vice-President of Parliament responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives may deliver an address at the start of the public hearing.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 22 #

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. If appropriate, the presentation shall be followed by an examination of the initiative based on a questionnaire drafted on a case-by-case basis by the committee nominated responsible for conducting the public hearing.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 23 #

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. In relation to the preparation of the questionnaire, the committee responsible for matters relating to petitions may produce an opinion in accordance with Rule 49. That opinion shall contain guidelines and recommendations on how to thoroughly examine the issue raised in the citizens’ initiative under consideration.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 27 #

Rule 203 a
When Parliament is informed that the Commission has been invited to submit a proposal for a legal act under Article 11(4) of the EU Treaty and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 211/2011, the Ccommittee on Presponsible for matters relating to petitions shall ascertain whether this is likely to affect its work and, if need be, shall inform those petitioners who have addressed a petition on related subjects. petitions on related subjects. Citizens’ initiatives which have been registered in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011, but which cannot be submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 9 of that Regulation since not all the relevant procedures and conditions set out in the Regulation have been complied with, may be examined by the committee responsible for matters relating to petitions if it considers that follow-up is necessary. If appropriate, the committee responsible may adopt a resolution based on an own- initiative report in accordance with Rule 48 initiating a request to the Commission in accordance with Rule 42 and pursuant to Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to submit any appropriate proposal for the adoption of a new act or the amendment of an existing act. The committee’s request shall be solely based on the general ideas and principles laid down in the citizens’ initiative under consideration. Such own-initiative reports based on a citizens’ initiative shall not be subject to the quota established in Article 1(2) of Annex XVIII.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO