Activities of Morten MESSERSCHMIDT related to 2010/0074(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Citizens’ initiative (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative PDF (827 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 68 #
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 third oftwo Member States.
Amendment 104 #
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 third of alltwo Member States;
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Proposed citizens' initiatives which can be reasonably The Commission shall register a proposed initiative within two months from its receipt when the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the citizens' committee has been formed and the contact persons have been designated; (b) thereg arded as improper because they are abuse no manifest, significant inconsistencies between the different language versions of the title, subject- matter and objectives or devoid of seriousness will not be registered. f the proposed initiative; (c) 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; (d) the proposed initiative is not manifestly abusive, frivolous or vexatious; (e) the proposed initiative is in line with Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. If the Commission rejects a proposal for a citizen’s initiative, the organisers shall have an opportunity to submit the initiative to the European Parliament’s AFCO Committee, which will then discuss the content of the initiative and the Commission’s rejection.
Amendment 155 #
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 third oftwo Member States.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In one third ofeach Member States, signatories shall comprise at least the minimum number of citizens set out in Annex I.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Signatories shall be considered as coming from the Member State which issued the identification document indicatedere they have their permanent residence. Signatories having their permanent residence in a their statement of supportd country shall be considered as coming from the Member State of which they are nationals.
Amendment 180 #
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 and organise a public hearing on the subject-matter of the initiative, if appropriate jointly with other institutions or bodies of the EU;
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
b. examine the citizens' initiative and, within 4 months, set out in a communication its conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its reason present a proposal for a legal act within one year or include that proposal in its next year's fWor doing sok Programme.