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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 268/2012 of 25 January 2012 amending Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 268/2012
of 25 January 2012
amending Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative(1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 provides that, in at least one quarter of Member States, the minimum number of signatories of a citizens’ initiative should correspond to the number of the Members of the European Parliament elected in each Member State, multiplied by 750. Those minimum numbers are set out in Annex I of the Regulation.
(2) The composition of the European Parliament has been modified by the Protocol amending the Protocol on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community(2), which entered into force on 1 December 2011.
(3) Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 should be amended accordingly.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1U.K.
Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2U.K.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 January 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
ANNEXU.K.
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SIGNATORIES PER MEMBER STATE
| Belgium | 16 500 |
| Bulgaria | 13 500 |
| Czech Republic | 16 500 |
| Denmark | 9 750 |
| Germany | 74 250 |
| Estonia | 4 500 |
| Ireland | 9 000 |
| Greece | 16 500 |
| Spain | 40 500 |
| France | 55 500 |
| Italy | 54 750 |
| Cyprus | 4 500 |
| Latvia | 6 750 |
| Lithuania | 9 000 |
| Luxembourg | 4 500 |
| Hungary | 16 500 |
| Malta | 4 500 |
| Netherlands | 19 500 |
| Austria | 14 250 |
| Poland | 38 250 |
| Portugal | 16 500 |
| Romania | 24 750 |
| Slovenia | 6 000 |
| Slovakia | 9 750 |
| Finland | 9 750 |
| Sweden | 15 000 |
| United Kingdom | 54 750 |
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