Annexes to COM(2021)732 - Arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in European elections for citizens residing in a country of which they are not nationals (recast)

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dossier COM(2021)732 - Arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in European elections for citizens residing in a ...
document COM(2021)732 EN
date November 25, 2021
Annexes https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/annexes-study-preparation-impact-assessment-electoral-directives .
(11) https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12684-Inclusive-EU-Parliament-elections-supporting-EU-citizens-right-to-vote-and-stand-as-candidates-in-another-EU-country/public-consultation_en .
(12) “Political participation of Mobile EU Citizens-Insights from pilot studies on Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and Poland”.
(13) Study conducted in 2021 to support the preparation of an impact assessment on a potential EU policy initiative to support broad and inclusive participation of mobile EU citizens in European Parliament elections and in municipal elections in Europe https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/study-preparation-impact-assessment-electoral-directives  and its Annexes https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/annexes-study-preparation-impact-assessment-electoral-directives  
(14) In order to support the underlying study, a targeted online survey of mobile EU citizens was carried out to evaluate the experiences of mobile EU citizens in participating politically in their Member State of residence, as well as the variety of factors that influence their participation.
(15) The European Cooperation Network on Elections was inaugurated in 2019. It brings together representatives of Member States’ authorities with competence in electoral matters, and allows for concrete and practical exchanges on a range of topics relevant to ensuring free and fair elections, including data protection, cyber-security, transparency and awareness raising. See more at European cooperation network on elections | European Commission (europa.eu)
(16) The Expert group on electoral matters was established in 2005. Its mission is to: establish close cooperation between the institutions of the Member States and the Commission on issues relating to elections; to help the Commission by providing information and advice on the situation of electoral rights within the EU and its Member States; and to facilitate the exchange of information, experiences and good practices in this area. Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities (europa.eu)  
(17) https://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants1/programmes-2014-2020/rec/index_en.htm .
(18) https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/justice-and-consumers/justice-and-consumers-funding-tenders/funding-programmes/previous-programmes-2014-2020/europe-citizens-efc_en .
(19) COM(2020) 252 final.
(20) https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/file_import/better-regulation-toolbox-27_en_0.pdf  
(21) Commission v Belgium, C-543/17.
(22) See judgments in Cases Commission v Romania, C-549/18 and Commission v Ireland, C-550/18.
(23) Council Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 34).
(24) https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/eu-citizenship-report-2020-empowering-citizens-and-protecting-their-rights_en
(25) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
(26) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13)
(27) Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 35).
(28) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39–98)
(29) OJ No L 278, 8. 10. 1976, p. 5.
(30) Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1).