17 Amendments of Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN related to 2008/2169(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Title
Title
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Treaty of Lisbon introduces the European Citizens’ Initiative, whereby EU citizens numbering at least one million and including nationals of a significant number of Member States can take the initiative of calling on the Commission to present appropriate proposals, within the limits of its powers, on subjects on which, in the opinion of those citizens, an EU legislative act is required in order to implement the Treaties – Article 11(4) of the EU Treaty in the new wording (‘EUTnw’),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas citizens will thus take a direct part in the exercise of the European Union’s sovereign power by being, for the first time be, directly involved in the European legislative process,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the procedures and conditions for a citizens’ initiative, including the minimum number of Member States from which the citizens taking the initiative must come, are to be determined by the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with the proper legislative procedure by means of a regulation (Article 24(1) FEUT),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas Article 11(4) EUTnw applies to all Union citizens, excluding no-one on grounds of age or on any other grounds,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S, first bullet point
Recital S, first bullet point
• it contains a request to the Commission to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union, which must include a complete draft or a sufficiently detailed description of the legal act that is being called for
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas the task of verifying the authenticity of statements of support cannot be carried out by the Commission and should therefore be fulfilled by the Member States; whereas, however, the obligations of the Member States deriving therefrom only extend to initiatives in the framework of Article11(4) EUTnw and under no circumstances to initiatives that are inadmissible on the grounds stated; whereas it is therefore necessary for the Member States, even before beginning to collect statements of support, to have legal certainty as regards the admissibility of the citizens’ initiative,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Va (new)
Recital Va (new)
Va. whereas verification of the admissibility of a citizens’ initiative by the Commission is, however, restricted exclusively to the aforementioned legal questions and may on no account include considerations of political expediency; whereas this will ensure that the Commission is not free to decide in the light of political considerations of its own whether a citizens’ initiative is or is not to be declared admissible,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
New subtitle before recital Wa
New subtitle before recital Wa
The principle of transparency
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W a (new)
Recital W a (new)
Wa. whereas the citizens’ initiative is a means of exercising public sovereign power in the area of legislation and is subject as such to the transparency principle; whereas this means that the organisers of a citizens’ initiative must publicly assume accountability for its funding, including the sources of that funding,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - bullet point 1
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - bullet point 1
• It contains a request to the Commission to submit a proposal for the adoption of a legal act of the European Union, which must include a complete draft or a sufficiently detailed description of the legal act that is being called for.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - after the bullet points
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - after the bullet points
In accordance with Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union the Commission provides organisers with all due support to prevent the registration of inadmissible initiatives. The Commission also notifies the organisers of current or proposed legislative proposals on matters raised in the citizens’ initiative and on successfully registered citizens’ initiatives that wholly or partly concern the same matters. Where an initiative is inadmissible, the Commission shall refer to other instruments (initiatives or legal remedies) with which the request could be pursued in a way that is admissible.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (c)
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (c)
(c) Within two months of registration of the citizens’ initiative the Commission must decide whether the registration has succeeded. The decision must state whether the citizens’ initiative is admissible. Registration may be rejected only on legal grounds and on no account on grounds of political expediency.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (c)
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (c)
(c) Within two months of presentation of the citizens’ initiative the Commission must decide whether that presentation has succeeded. The decision must include a statement on the representativeness of the initiative. The presentation may be rejected only on legal grounds and on no account on grounds of political expediency.
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8 a - new subtitle
Annex - paragraph 8 a - new subtitle
The principle of transparency
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8 a (new)
Annex - paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The organisers of a successfully registered citizens’ initiative shall be required, within an appropriate period of time after the conclusion of the procedure, to present to the Commission a report on the funding of the initiative, including the sources of funding (transparency report). The report shall be examined by the Commission and published together with an opinion.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 8 b (new)
Annex - paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. As a general rule the Commission should begin to address the content of a citizens’ initiative only after a transparency report has been presented in due form.