1 Amendments of Barbara SPINELLI related to 2016/2114(REG)
Amendment 1167 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 211 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Rule 211 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. In the event that the Commission fails to put forward a proposal for a legal act on a citizens' initiative successfully submitted to it in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 within a twelve-month period, the committee responsible may organise a hearing in consultation with the citizens’ initiative organisers and may, if it considers this to be necessary, activate the procedure laid down in Rule 46 with a view to exercising Parliament's right to request the Commission to submit an appropriate proposal.