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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 531/2014 of 12 March 2014 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 531/2014
of 12 March 2014
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) On 28 June 2013 the European Council adopted European Council Decision 2013/312/EU establishing the composition of the European Parliament(2). That decision which entered into force on 30 June 2013 sets the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2014-2019 parliamentary term. The 2014-2019 parliamentary term begins on 1 July 2014.
(3) Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 should be amended accordingly,
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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 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2014.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
ANNEXU.K.Minimum number of signatories per Member State
| Belgium | 15 750 |
| Bulgaria | 12 750 |
| Czech Republic | 15 750 |
| Denmark | 9 750 |
| Germany | 72 000 |
| Estonia | 4 500 |
| Ireland | 8 250 |
| Greece | 15 750 |
| Spain | 40 500 |
| France | 55 500 |
| Croatia | 8 250 |
| Italy | 54 750 |
| Cyprus | 4 500 |
| Latvia | 6 000 |
| Lithuania | 8 250 |
| Luxembourg | 4 500 |
| Hungary | 15 750 |
| Malta | 4 500 |
| Netherlands | 19 500 |
| Austria | 13 500 |
| Poland | 38 250 |
| Portugal | 15 750 |
| Romania | 24 000 |
| Slovenia | 6 000 |
| Slovakia | 9 750 |
| Finland | 9 750 |
| Sweden | 15 000 |
| United Kingdom | 54 750 |
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