Activities of Marietje SCHAAKE 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 (4)
Amendment 40 #
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. However, in order to simplify the procedure and to make it more accessible, online collection should be encouraged. 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. Citizens' confidence in the citizens' initiative scheme will be one of the main contributors to its success. For this purpose, the Commission should be required to set out detailed technical specifications for online collection systems. The Commission should freely make available secure tools enabling online signatures to be collected in a way which does not jeopardise privacy.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) It is appropriate to provide that, where a citizens' initiative has received the necessary statements of support from signatories and provided it is considered admissible, each Member State should be responsible for the verification and certification of statements of support collected from citizens coming from that State. With online collections of signatures, an additional check of the validity of signatures, besides the technical verification, is needed. Taking account of the need to limit the administrative burden for Member States, they should, within a period of three months, carry out such verifications on the basis of appropriate checks and should issue a document certifying the number of valid statements of support received.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Within 12 months following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt technical specifications for the implementation of paragraph 4, in accordance with the regulatory procedure laid down in Article 19(2). The Commission shall make available secure tools enabling online signatures to be collected in a way which does not jeopardise privacy.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. For the purpose of the implementation of Article 6(5), the Commission shall be assisted by a committen independent committee possessing appropriate technical knowledge.