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Activities of Gerald HÄFNER related to 2011/2302(REG)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on amending Parliament’s Rules of Procedure with regard to the implementation of the European citizens’ initiative PDF (214 KB) DOC (207 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2011/2302(REG)
Documents: PDF(214 KB) DOC(207 KB)

Amendments (2)

Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Vice-President of Parliament responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives, the Chair of the Conference of Committee ChairConference of Presidents to task the working group responsible for negotiations on interinstitutional issues and the rapporteur for the above report, together with representatives of the other political groups appointed by the Conference of Presidents, to come to an agreement with the Commission in respect of arrangements for implementing Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative as regards cooperation between the two institutions in organising and conducting public hearings and inas reimbursing thegards a distribution of costs arising from such hearings; calls for these arrangements to be laid down in an interinstitutional agreement to be incorporated into the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission when it is next revised; is willing to bear the costs of providing meeting rooms and interpretation for the public hearings if the Commission will reimburse the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by participants;
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 14 #

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraphs 1 to 6 (new)
Rule 197a Public hearings on citizens’ initiatives 1. The President of Parliament shall liaise with citizens, representative associations and civil society on matters relating to citizens’ initiatives. He may delegate this task to a Vice-President of Parliament. 2.The Conference of Presidents, in performing its tasks under Rule 25(2) and (3) and after consulting 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. 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, the Conference of Presidents: (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) shall establish in accordance with Rule 188, after consulting the Conference of Committee Chairs, which committee is to be responsible for organising the public hearing; (c) shall, at the request of the chair of the committee responsible for matters relating to petitions, ensure that that committee is properly involved in organising the public hearing; (d) 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 (e) 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. 5. If the conditions laid down in Rule 50 or Rule 51 are met, those provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis. In that case, the Conference of Presidents may invite the President or a Vice-President of Parliament to chair the public hearing. 6. The committee responsible shall organise the public hearing at Parliament, if appropriate together with such other Union institutions and bodies as may wish to participate. The committee responsible shall invite the organisers of the citizens’ initiative, or a representative delegation thereof, to present the initiative at the hearing. Any Member wishing to attend the public hearing may do so. The President or a Vice-President of Parliament may deliver an address at the start of the public hearing. _______________ 1 OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1.
2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO