16 Amendments of Rui TAVARES related to 2010/0074(COD)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) These procedures should respect the fact that, in addition to being able to submit a citizens' initiative, citizens may present individual petitions to the European Parliament and thus already have a means of recourse to the European Parliament, even when they seek to amend or change the Treaties.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is appropriate to provide for statements of support to be collected in paper form as well as online. Online collection systems should have adequate security features in place in order to ensure, inter alia, that the person can be identified and that the data are securely stored. For this purpose, the Commission should be required to set out detailed technical specifications for online collection systems and to guarantee the development of an open-source software to that effect. The daily management of the central website should be placed under the supervision of the European Parliament.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) It is of the utmost importance that organisers of a citizen's initiative provide a fully detailed declaration of any financial means used to support and promote the initiative, in order to ensure full transparency and to identify and disqualify entities or individuals who seek to use this democratic tool in order to attain purely commercial or lucrative goals.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission should examine aall favourably examine a successful citizens's initiative and set out its conclusions and the actions it envisages to takoutline any intention to make use of its right of initiative in response to it, within a period of four months.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
2. "Signatories” means citizresidents of the Union that have supported a given citizens’ initiative by completing a statement of support for that initiative; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall reject the registration of proposed citizens' initiatives which are manifestly against the values of the Union. The Commission’s reasons for rejecting initiatives shall be well-founded and be published on the website it shall set up for that purpose.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Where statements of support are collected electronically, the data obtained through the online collection system shall be stored in the territory of a Member State or centrally by the European Parliament. The model for the statement of support forms may be adapted for the purpose of the electronic collection.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Within the 12 months following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall adoptundertake in conjunction with the European Data Protection Supervisor an evaluation enabling it to adopt, where necessary, technical specifications for the implementation of paragraph 4, in accordance with the regulatory procedure laid down in Article 19(2). The evaluation shall be forwarded to Parliament, together with the proposals.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
2a. The organiser shall also submit to the competent authorities a fully detailed declaration of any financial support it may have received or enjoyed from any interest group or representatives of interest groups, throughout the entire duration of the collection of statements of support, so as to ensure full transparency throughout the entire life cycle of the citizen's initiative.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities shall, within a period that shall not exceed three months, verify the statements of support provided on the basis of appropriatsample checks, and deliver to the organiser a certificate in accordance with the model set out in Annex VII, certifying the number of valid statements of support for that Member State. The percentage of invalid signatures in the sample will be deducted from the overall number of statements of support. A certificate will only be issued if the remaining number of statements of support exceeds one million.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
b. favourably 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 reasons for doing so.
Amendment 127 #
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 all the Annexes tof this Regulation apart from Annexes II and III.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The delegated act mayshall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and enter into force before the expiry of that period if the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission of their intention not to raise objections.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall inform the other Member States and the European Parliament thereof.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 4
Annex II – point 4