Resolution of the Committee of the Regions on "The approval of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union"
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: BORE, European Committee of the Regions, du GRANRUT
Subjects: European Union, European charter, dissemination of EU information, fundamental rights

C 144/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16.5.2001

Resolution of the Committee of the Regions on ‘The approval of the Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union’

(2001/C 144/12)

THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS,

having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union drawn up by the Convention
and jointly proclaimed by the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission on
7 December 2000 in conjunction with the Nice European Council;

having regard to its opinion of 16 February 2000 on the process of drawing up a Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union (CdR 327/99 fin) (1);

having regard to its resolution of 20 September 2000 on the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights of the
European Union (CdR 140/2000 fin) (2);

having regard to the European Parliament’s decision of 14 November 2000 approving the draft Charter
of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (A5-0325/2000);

having regard to the Bureau’s decision of 10 November 2000, in accordance with the fifth paragraph of
Article 265 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, and Rules 42(2) and 40(2) of the
Committee of the Regions’ Rules of Procedure, to draw up a resolution on the approval of the Charter of
Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and to appoint Mr Bore (UK/PSE) and Ms du Granrut (F/PPE)
as rapporteurs-general;

whereas the Committee of the Regions has already expressed support for the drawing-up of and for the
draft version of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;

whereas the scope of the Charter will extend to the Union’s institutions and bodies and thus to the
Committee of the Regions,

adopted the following resolution at its 36th plenary session of 13 and 14 December 2000 (meeting of
13 December).

The Committee of the Regions

1.

2.

considers that the Convention has fulfilled the mandate it
received from the Cologne and Tampere European
Councils ‘to establish a Charter of fundamental rights in
order to make their overriding importance and relevance
more visible to the Union’s citizens’;

approves the final version of Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union of 2 October 2000; it
regrets however that it was not involved as a full member
in the Convention proceedings, particularly since this
issue directly affects European citizens;

3.

4.

5.

6.

(1) OJ C 156, 6.6.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 22, 24.1.2001, p. 1.

Brussels, 13 December 2000.

is nonetheless pleased that some of the Committee of the
Regions’ demands have been taken into account;

argues that such a Charter should have binding legal
force, and stresses in particular the need to incorporate it
into the Treaties;

trusts that the COR will be involved in disseminating and
promoting the Charter among the European public;

instructs its president to forward this resolution to the
president of the European Council, the president of the
European Parliament,
the European
Commission and the chairman of the Convention.

the president of

The President

of the Committee of the Regions

Jos CHABERT