Delegated regulation 2012/268 - Amendment of Annex I of Regulation 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative

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Current status

This delegated regulation was in effect from March 28, 2012 until December 31, 2019.

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Key information

official title

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
 
Legal instrument delegated regulation
Number legal act Delegated regulation 2012/268
CELEX number i 32012R0268

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Key dates

Document 25-01-2012
Publication in Official Journal 27-03-2012; OJ L 89, 27.3.2012,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 20 Volume 001
Effect 28-03-2012; Entry into force Date pub. +1 See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-2019; Implicitly repealed by 32019R0788

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Legislative text

27.3.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 89/1

 

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 1

Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

 

 

ANNEX

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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