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Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3

3. Asks the Vice-President of Parliament responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives, the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs and the rapporteur for the above report, together with representatives of the other political groups appointed by the Conference of Presidents, to come to an agreement with the Commission in respect of arrangements for implementing Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative as regards cooperation between the two institutions in organising and conducting public hearings and in reimbursing the costs arising from such hearings; calls for these arrangements to be laid down Invites the Commission to agree on the need to be represented at an appropriate political level at every hearing following a successful European citizens’ initiative, and invites the Conference of Presidents to appoint a~~n interinstitutional agreement to be incorporated into the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parlia~~ group of Members having the task of securing such an agreement ~~and~~with the Commission ~~when it is next revised; is willing to bear the costs of providing meeting rooms and interpretation for the public~~before the first hearings i~~f the Commission will reimburse the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by participants~~s organised;

2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO

Andrew DUFF, Roberto GUALTIERI

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on its Bureau and Secretary- General to take the necessary steps to assist the Vice-President responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives with a view to enabling him to carry out the responsibilities conferred upon him by this amendment of the Rules, in particular those relating to the operation of a single administrative point of entry;deleted

2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO

Roberto GUALTIERI

Rule 197 a (new) – paragraphs 1 to 5 (new)

Rule 197a Public hearings on citizens’ initiatives 1. When the Commission has published a citizens’ initiative in the relevant register pursuant to point (a) of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative1, the President of Parliament, on a proposal from the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs, shall invite the committee responsible for the subject-matter to organise the public hearing provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011. That committee: (a) shall ascertain whether the Commission has received the organisers at an appropriate level in accordance with point (b) of Article 10(1) of the Regulation; (b) may, at the request of the chair of the committee responsible for matters relating to petitions, associate members of the Bureau and coordinators of that committee to the public hearing; (c) shall ensure that the Commission is properly involved in organising the public hearing and that it is represented at an appropriate level at the hearing. 2. The chair of the committee responsible shall determine an appropriate date for the public hearing within three months of the submission of the initiative to the Commission in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011. 3. Rule 23(9) shall not apply to such public hearings. The chair of the committee responsible may if need be offer, with the approval of the President of Parliament, to a maximum of seven organisers per hearing, the reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses incurred by them in participating in the meeting, in accordance with the relevant financial rules. 4. If the conditions laid down in Rule 50 or Rule 51 are met, those provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis. Article 188 shall also apply. 5. The committee responsible shall organise the public hearing at Parliament, if appropriate together with such other Union institutions and bodies as may wish to participate. It may invite other stakeholders. The committee responsible shall invite the organisers of the citizens’ initiative, or a representative delegation thereof, to present the initiative at the hearing. _____________ 1 OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1.

2012/03/28
Committee: AFCO

3 Amendments of Roberto GUALTIERI related to 2011/2302(REG)

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