Activities of Oriol JUNQUERAS I VIES related to 2010/0074(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative
Amendments (20)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) It is necessary to establish the minimum number of Member States from which citizens must come. In order to ensure that a citizens' initiative is representative of a Union interest, this number should be set at one thirdfifth of Member States.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is appropriate to fix a minimum age for supporting a citizens' initiative. This should be set as the age at which citizens are entitled to vote in the European Parliament electionst 16 years of age.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure coherence and transparency in relation to proposed citizens' initiatives, it should be mandatory to register such initiatives on a website made available by the Commission prior to collecting the necessary statements of support from citizens; p. This website should give a detailed explanation of the formal and legal requirements for an initiative to be successful. Proposals that are abusive or devoid of seriousness should not be registered and the Commission should reject the registration of proposals which would be manifestly against the values of the Union. The Commission should deal with registration in accordance with the general principles of good administration.
Amendment 41 #
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 in order to facilitate the process.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is appropriate to ensure that statements of support for a citizens' initiative are collected within a specific time-limit. In order to ensure that proposed citizens' initiatives remain relevant, whilst taking account of the complexity of collecting statements of support across the European Union, that time-limit should not be longer than 124 months from the date of registration ofn which the proposed initiative is declared admissible.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It is appropriate that the Commission should take a decision on the admissibility of proposed initiatives at a sufficiently early stage. The organiser should therefore request such a decision after it has collected 300.000 statements of support for the proposed initiative from signatories coming from at least three Member Statess soon as its initiative is registered.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. "Signatories” means citizens of the Union or nationals of a country outside the Union who reside within the Union that have supported a given citizens’ initiative by completing a statement of support for that initiative;
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. “Organiser” means a natural or legal person or organisationing committee” means a group of at least seven citizens or residents of the Union, coming from three or more Member States, responsible for the preparation and submission of a citizens’ initiative to the Commission.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. In order to be eligible to support a proposed citizens' initiative, signatories shall be citizens of the Union and shall be of the age to be entitled to vote in the European electionsat least 16 years old.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This information shall be provided in one of the official languagand co-official languages of the Member States of the Union, in an online register made available for that purpose by the Commission (hereafter "the register").
Amendment 72 #
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, taking this decision on the basis of a clear legal examination. A citizens' initiative should be rejected when it is in contradiction with Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, or the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. All statements of support shall be collected after the date of registration ofn which the proposed initiative is declared admissible and within a period that shall not exceed 124 months.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In one thirdfifth of Member States, signatories shall comprise at least the minimum number of citizens set out in Annex I.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. After having collected 300.000 registratements of supportion, in accordance with Article 5 from, of the initiative supported by signatories coming from at least three Member States, the organiser shall submit to the Commission a request for a decision on the admissibility of the proposed citizens' initiative. For this purpose the organiser shall use the form set out in Annex V.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The decision referred to in paragraph 2 shall be notified to the organiser of the proposed citizens' initiative, the European Parliament and the Council and shall be made public.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Parliament and the Council can adopt an opinion on the initiative. Parliament and its committees are free to put the issue on its agenda and to hold a hearing at any given time.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In cases where the Commission decides to propose legislation in accordance with the citizens’ initiative, the organiser shall be empowered to withdraw the initiative if he considers that it is being undermined at any stage of the process. In such cases the process shall be suspended.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The organisers of an initiative are bound to provide, in addition to basic facts such as their address and the names of the people responsible, information on the organisations, natural persons and legal persons supporting the initiative and how the initiative will be or is already being financed.