3 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2010/0074(COD)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure coherence and transparency in relation to proposed citizens' initiatives and to avoid a situation in which signatures are collected for a proposal which does not fall within the scope of this Regulation, 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; 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. . Furthermore, the Commission should at least once a year make the list of active citizen's initiatives available through the Official Journal as well as through information campaigns in the media in cooperation with the national parliaments of the Member States. Proposals that are not citizens' initiatives within the meaning of this Regulation should not be registered. Registration is an administrative procedure aimed at selecting those initiatives that fall within the scope of this Regulation; therefore any refusal of registration should be based solely on legal grounds and not, on any account, on grounds of political expediency. The Commission should deal with registration in accordance with the general principles of good administration, and should therefore be obliged to inform the organisers of an initiative of the reasons for any refusal to register that initiative and of all possible judicial and extrajudicial remedies available to them. It should also be made clear by the Commission that registration and the collection of the required number of statements of support will not necessarily result in the Commission adopting a proposal for a legal act and that the registration of an initiative does not constitute a formal decision on competence issues.
Amendment 89 #
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 of the proposed initiative and within a period that shall not exceed 12 months8 months. If that period lapses without the necessary statements of support being submitted, an indication to that effect shall be entered in the register. Initiatives that have expired may not be re-submitted until a period of 12 months has elapsed.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
Annex II
Required information for registering a proposed citizens’ initiative The following information shall be provided in order to register a proposed citizens’ initiative onfor the Commission's register: 1. The title of the proposed citizens’ initiative in no more than 100 characters; 2. The subject-matter, in no more than 2500 characters; 3. The description of the objectives of the proposal on which the Commission is invited to act, in no more than 51000 characters; 4. The legal base of the Treaties which would allow the Commission to act; 5. The full name, postal address and e-mail address of the organiser or, in the case of a legal entity or organisation, its legal representativeTreaty provision considered relevant by the organisers for the proposed action; 5. The full name, postal address and e-mail address of the organisers and the contact persons; 76. All sources of funding and supportsupport and funding for the proposed initiative at the time of registration. Organisers may provide more detailed information on the subject, objectives, and background to the proposed citizens' initiative in an annex. They may also, if they wish, submit a draft legislative text.