Activities of Liliana RODRIGUES related to 2017/0220(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European citizens’ initiative
Amendments (28)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 1
Article 4.º – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, upon request, provide information and assistance about the European citizens’ initiative to citizens and groups of organisers.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 3
Article 4.º – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall make available an online register (‘the register’) allowing groups of organisers to manage their initiative throughout the procedure. The register shall comprise a public website providing information on the European citizens’ initiative in general, but particularly details regarding every stage of the initiative, specifying what steps to take and the state of play of every initiative, with warnings when a deadline is approaching, as well as on specific initiatives and their respective status.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4.º – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Groups of organisers must be informed as soon as the translated version of their initiative is available, and if it contains any inaccuracies, the group of organisers shall rectify them and inform the Commission promptly.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 4
Article 4.º – paragraph 4
4. After the Commission has registered an initiative in accordance with Article 6, it shall provide the translation of the content of that initiative into all the official languages of the Union for its publication in the register and its use for the collection of statements of support in accordance with this Regulation. A group of organisers may, in addition, provide translations into all the official languages of the Union of the Annex for its publication in the register and also, as the case may be, of the draft legal act referred to in Annex II and submitted in accordance with Article 6(2).
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 6
Article 4.º – paragraph 6
6. Each Member State shall establish one or more contact points and make them known, with a view to provideing information and assistance to groups of organisers in setting up a European citizens’ initiative.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4.º – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Member States shall encourage national, regional and local authorities to supply information on the European citizens’ initiative to their citizens.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 6.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
If one or more of the requirements set out in points (a) to (ed) are not met, the Commission shall refuse to register the initiative, without prejudice to paragraphs 4 and 5.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
If it comes to the conclusion that the initiative or parts of the initiative fall outside its remit, the Commission shall inform the group of organisers of that conclusion and of the reasons why it reached that conclusion.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In that case, the group of organisers may either amend the initiative to take into account the Commission’s assessment to ensure that the initiative is in conformity with the requirement laid down in paragraph 3(c) orinformation or even maintain or withdraw the initial initiative. The group of organisers shall inform the Commission of its choice within one month of the receipt of the Commission’s assessmentinformation giving the reasons thereof, and shall, as the case may be, transmit amendments to the information referred to in Annex II to replace the initial initiative.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point c
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point c
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
(a) maintain the registration of the initial initiative, if the organisers so decide;
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 b (new)
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 b (new)
(b) register the initiative as amended by the organisers.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 6.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 6.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 6.º – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 7
Article 6.º – paragraph 7
7. Where it refuses to register or only partially registers an initiative in accordance with paragraph 4an initiative, the Commission shall inform the group of organisers of the reasons for its decision and of all possible judicial and extrajudicial remedies available to them.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 6.º – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The requirements for the submission of final initiatives shall be the same in all Member States.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
All statements of support shall be collected within a period not exceeding 128 months from a date chosen by the group of organisers (the ‘collection period’), without prejudice to Article 11(6). That date must be not later than three months from the registration of the initiative in accordance with Article 6.
Amendment 97 #
Where the group of organisers wishes to terminate the collection of statements of support before the end of 128 months after the beginning of the collection period, it shall inform the Commission of the date at which the collection period is to end.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 2
Article 8.º – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall indicate the beginning and end of the collection period in the register. One month before the deadline for the collection of statements of support is due to expire, the Commission shall inform the group of organisers thereof.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 14.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The group of organisers may, if it so wishes, be accompanied by not more than three persons specialising in the subject of the initiative.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Within five months after the publication of the initiative in accordance with Article 14(1), and after the public hearing referred to in Article 14(2), the Commission shall set out in a communication its legal and political conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its reasons for taking or not taking action. Where the Commission does not intend to take action, it shall notify the group of organisers of the possibilities for submitting their initiative to the Committee on Petitions, thus allowing their work to continue.