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Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative (repealed)

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ANNEX I

MINIMUM NUMBER OF SIGNATORIES PER MEMBER STATE

Belgium16 500
Bulgaria12 750
Czech Republic16 500
Denmark9 750
Germany74 250
Estonia4 500
Ireland9 000
Greece16 500
Spain37 500
France54 000
Italy54 000
Cyprus4 500
Latvia6 000
Lithuania9 000
Luxembourg4 500
Hungary16 500
Malta3 750
Netherlands18 750
Austria12 750
Poland37 500
Portugal16 500
Romania24 750
Slovenia5 250
Slovakia9 750
Finland9 750
Sweden13 500
United Kingdom54 000

ANNEX II REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR REGISTERING A PROPOSED CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE

The following information shall be provided in order to register a proposed citizens’ initiative on the Commission’s online register:

1.

The title of the proposed citizens’ initiative, in no more than 100 characters;

2.

The subject matter, in no more than 200 characters;

3.

A description of the objectives of the proposed citizens’ initiative on which the Commission is invited to act, in no more than 500 characters;

4.

The provisions of the Treaties considered relevant by the organisers for the proposed action;

5.

The full names, postal addresses, nationalities and dates of birth of the seven members of the citizens’ committee, indicating specifically the representative and the substitute as well as their e-mail addresses(1);

6.

All sources of support and funding for the proposed citizens’ initiative at the time of registration(1).

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 legal act.

ANNEX III

STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FORM — PART A (for Member States which do not require the provision of a personal identification number/personal identification document number)

STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FORM — PART B (for Member States which require the provision of a personal identification number/personal identification document number)

PART C

1. List of Member States which do not require the provision of a personal identification number/personal identification document number (statement of support form — Part A):

Member StateSignatories whose statement of support is to be submitted to the Member State concerned
Belgium
  • residents in Belgium

  • Belgian nationals residing outside the country if they have informed their national authorities of their place of residence

Denmark
  • residents in Denmark

  • Danish nationals residing outside the country if they have informed their national authorities of their place of residence

Germany
  • residents in Germany

  • German nationals residing outside the country if they have informed their national authorities of their place of residence

Estonia
  • residents in Estonia

  • Estonian nationals residing outside the country

Ireland
— residents in Ireland
Netherlands
— residents in the Netherlands
Slovakia
  • residents in Slovakia

  • Slovak nationals residing outside the country

Finland
  • residents in Finland

  • Finnish nationals residing outside the country

United Kingdom
— residents in the United Kingdom

2. List of Member States which require the provision of one of the personal identification numbers/personal identification document numbers, as specified below, in the statement of support form — Part B:

  • BULGARIA

    • Единен граждански номер (personal number)

  • CZECH REPUBLIC

    • Občanský průkaz (national identity card)

    • Cestovní pas (passport)

  • GREECE

    • Δελτίο Αστυνομικής Ταυτότητας (identity card)

    • Διαβατήριο (passport)

    • Βεβαίωση Εγγραφής Πολιτών Ε.Ε./Έγγραφο πιστοποίησης μόνιμης διαμονής πολίτη Ε.Ε. (residence certificate/permanent residence certificate)

  • SPAIN

    • Documento Nacional de Identidad (identity card)

    • Pasaporte (passport)

  • FRANCE

    • Passeport (passport)

    • Carte nationale d’identité (national identity card)

    • Titre de séjour (residence permit)

    • Permis de conduire (driving licence)

    • Autre (other):

      • Carte d’identité de parlementaire avec photographie, délivrée par le président d’une assemblée parlementaire (parliamentarian’s identity card with photo, issued by the president of a parliamentary assembly),

      • Carte d’identité d’élu local avec photographie, délivrée par le représentant de l’Etat (elected local official’s identity card with photo, issued by the State representative),

      • Carte du combattant de couleur chamois ou tricolore (war veteran’s card, buff-coloured or tricoloured),

      • Carte d’invalidité civile ou militaire avec photographie (civilian or military invalidity card with photo),

      • Carte d’identité de fonctionnaire de l’Etat avec photographie (State civil servant’s identity card with photo),

      • Carte d’identité ou carte de circulation avec photographie, délivrée par les autorités militaires (identity card or free movement permit with photo, issued by the military authorities),

      • Permis de chasser avec photographie, délivré par le représentant de l’Etat (hunting permit with photo, issued by the State representative),

      • Livret ou carnet de circulation, délivré par le préfet en application de la loi no 69-3 du 3 janvier 1969 (traveller’s movement permit, issued by the Prefect pursuant to Law No 69-3 of 3 January 1969),

      • Récépissé valant justification de l’identité, délivré en échange des pièces d’identité en cas de contrôle judiciaire, en application du neuvième alinéa (7o) de l’article 138 du code de procédure pénale (receipt counting as proof of identity, issued in exchange for identity documentation in cases of judicial supervision pursuant to the ninth paragraph (numbered paragraph 7) of Article 138 of the Code of Criminal Procedure),

      • Attestation de dépôt d’une demande de carte nationale d’identité ou de passeport, délivrée depuis moins de trois mois par une commune et comportant une photographie d’identité du demandeur authentifiée par un cachet de la commune (certificate of lodgement of an application for a national identity card or passport, issued not more than three months previously by a municipality and bearing a photo of the applicant authenticated by a municipal stamp).

  • ITALY

    • Passaporto (passport), inclusa l’indicazione dell’autorità di rilascio (including issuing authority)

    • Carta di identità (identity card), inclusa l’indicazione dell’autorità di rilascio (including issuing authority)

  • CYPRUS

    • Δελτίο Ταυτότητας (identity card of national or resident)

    • Διαβατήριο (passport)

  • LATVIA

    • Personas kods (personal identification number)

  • LITHUANIA

    • Asmens kodas (personal number)

  • LUXEMBOURG

    • Numéro d’identification national (numéro inscrit sur la carte d’identification de la Sécurité sociale) (national identification number appearing on the social security identity card)

  • HUNGARY

    • személyazonosító igazolvány (identity card)

    • útlevél (passport)

    • személyi azonosító szám (személyi szám) (personal identification number)

  • MALTA

    • Karta tal-Identità (identity card)

  • AUSTRIA

    • Reisepass (passport)

    • Personalausweis (identity card)

  • POLAND

    • Numer ewidencyjny PESEL (PESEL identification number)

  • PORTUGAL

    • Bilhete de identidade (identity card)

    • Passaporte (passport)

    • Cartão de Cidadão (citizen’s card)

  • ROMANIA

    • carte de identitate (identity card)

    • pasaport (passport)

    • certificat de inregistrare (registration certificate)

    • cartea de rezidenta permanenta pentru cetatenii UE (permanent residence card for EU citizens)

    • Cod Numeric Personal (personal identification number)

  • SLOVENIA

    • Osebna izkaznica (identity card)

    • Potni list (passport)

  • SWEDEN

    • Personnummer (personal identification number) in identity card

    • Personnummer (personal identification number) in passport

ANNEX IV CERTIFICATE CONFIRMING THE CONFORMITY OF AN ONLINE COLLECTION SYSTEM WITH REGULATION (EU) No 211/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 16 FEBRUARY 2011 ON THE CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE

… (name of competent authority) of … (name of Member State) hereby certifies that the online collection system … (website address) used for the collection of statements of support for … (title of proposed citizens’ initiative) complies with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011.

Date, signature and official stamp of the competent authority:

ANNEX V FORM FOR THE SUBMISSION OF STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT TO THE MEMBER STATES’ COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

1.Full names, postal addresses and e-mail addresses of the contact persons:

2.Title of proposed citizens’ initiative:

3.Commission registration number:

4.Date of registration:

5.Number of signatories coming from (name of Member State):

6.Annexes:

(Include all statements of support from signatories to be verified by the relevant Member State.

If applicable, include the relevant certificate(s) of conformity of the online collection system with Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative.)

7.Date and signature of the contact persons:

ANNEX VI CERTIFICATE CONFIRMING THE NUMBER OF VALID STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT COLLECTED FOR … (NAME OF MEMBER STATE)

… (name of competent authority) of … (name of Member State), having made the necessary verifications required by Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative, hereby certifies that … statements of support for the proposed citizens’ initiative having the registration number … are valid in accordance with the provisions of that Regulation.

Date, signature and official stamp of the competent authority:

ANNEX VII FORM FOR THE SUBMISSION OF A CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE TO THE COMMISSION

1.Title of citizens’ initiative:

2.Commission registration number:

3.Date of registration:

4.Number of valid statements of support received (must be at least one million):

5.Number of signatories certified by Member States:

BEBGCZDKDEEEIEELESFRITCYLVLTLU
Number of signatories
HUMTNLATPLPTROSISKFISEUKTOTAL
Number of signatories

6.Full names, postal addresses and e-mail addresses of the contact persons(2).

7.Indicate all sources of support and funding received for the initiative, including the amount of financial support at the time of submission(2):

8.We hereby declare that the information provided in this form is correct.

Date and signature of the contact persons:

9.Annexes:

(Include all certificates)

(1)

Privacy statement: in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data, data subjects are informed that these personal data are compiled by the Commission for the purpose of the procedure in respect of the proposed citizens’ initiative. Only the full names of the organisers, the e-mail addresses of the contact persons and information relating to the sources of support and funding will be made available to the public on the Commission’s online register. Data subjects are entitled to object to the publication of their personal data on compelling legitimate grounds relating to their particular situation, and to request the rectification of that data at any time and its removal from the Commission’s online register after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of registration of the proposed citizens’ initiative.

(2)

Privacy statement: in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data, data subjects are informed that these personal data are compiled by the Commission for the purpose of the procedure in respect of the citizens’ initiative. Only the full names of the organisers, the e-mail addresses of the contact persons and information relating to the sources of support and funding will be made available to the public on the Commission’s online register. Data subjects are entitled to object to the publication of their personal data on compelling legitimate grounds relating to their particular situation, and to request the rectification of that data at any time and its removal from the Commission’s online register after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of registration of the proposed citizens’ initiative.

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