CELEX: 32012R0268
Language: en
Date: 2012-01-25 00:00:00
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

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
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ C 263, 29.9.2010, p. 1.
   
      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