Law on the European Citizens ' Initiative (EBIG)

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EBIG

Date of completion: 07.03.2012

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" Law on the European Citizens ' Initiative of 7 March 2012 (BGBl. I p. 446) "

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The G was decided by the Bundestag as Article 1 of the G v. 7.3.3012 I 446. It occurs gem. Art. 3 of this G in force on 1.4.2012. Unofficial table of contents

§ 1 competent authorities and verification of online collection systems

(1) The Federal Administrative Office shall be the competent authority within the meaning of Article 15 (2) in conjunction with Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens ' initiative (OJ L 139, 30.4.2011, p. OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1)

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the coordination of the review of the statements of support of the European citizens ' initiative, and

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the issuing of the certificate of the number of valid statements of support.

Fees and expenses shall not be levied for the activities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. (2) The Federal Office for Information Security shall be the competent authority within the meaning of Article 15 (1) in conjunction with Article 6 (3). of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 for the issuing of the certificate of conformity of an online collection system with Regulation (EU) No 211/2011. The organisers and organisers of European Citizens ' Initiatives are obliged to submit the documents to the Federal Office for Information Security and to provide the information necessary for the issuing of the certificate on the Conformity of an online collection system with Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 is required. The time limit laid down in Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 to issue the certificate of conformity of an online collection system with Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 shall begin with the receipt of the complete dossier. No fees or levies shall be charged for the examination of the documents and the issuing of the certificate. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Collection of statements of support

(1) Only forms referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 5 (1) in conjunction with Annex III, Article 6 (1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 shall be used for the collection of statements of support. (2) German residing in the country of residence Abroad, statements of support may be made on forms submitted in accordance with Article 8 (1) (a) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the authority referred to in Article 1 (1) if they are resident in the local competent authority. Foreign representation registered. Unofficial table of contents

Section 3 Verification of statements of support

(1) The Federal Administrative Office shall verify the validity of the statements of support on the basis of the data specified in the forms in accordance with the criteria set out in § 4. (2) The verification shall be carried out on the basis of samples. The number of samples is determined by the Federal Administration Office, using a 95 percent confidence interval. The number of valid statements of support collected in Germany within the meaning of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 shall be the figure corresponding to the ceiling of the 95 per cent confidence interval of the estimated value. (3) Verification of incorrect information within the meaning of Section 4 (5) may be used by the Federal Administrative Office in the case of central reporting data of the Länder, if they do not exist, in the case of other bodies governed by national law for this purpose, or in the case of the The following data are obtained from the reporting authorities as well as with the missions abroad and with the data of the Match his statements of support:

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Family name,

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former names,

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First names,

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Day and place of birth,

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Nationalities,

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current and earlier addresses.

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§ 4 Invalidity of statements of support

A statement of support is invalid if:

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the undersigned person is not a citizen of the Union or a citizen of the Union,

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the undersigned person is not yet 18 years old,

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it has not been made on the form provided for in Article 5 (1) in conjunction with Annex III, Article 6 (1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011,

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it contains illegible or incomplete information in the mandatory fields of the form which the signatory person does not have to reveal without doubt,

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it contains incorrect information in the mandatory fields of the form, which the signatory person does not have any doubts about,

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it contains a caveat,

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it has been made several times,

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it has not been collected within 12 months of the registration of the citizens ' initiative.

The date on which a statement of support is valid shall be the date of its submission. Unofficial table of contents

§ 5 Penal rules

(1) A breach of Article 12 (3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens ' initiative (OJ L 327, 27.12.2011, p. 1) does not ensure that the data are not used for purposes other than those specified therein, or that a statement of support or a copy is not destroyed or is not destroyed in good time. (2) The order is in breach of the law. Intentionally or negligently, an indication referred to in Annex V (1) to (4) or (5) or Annex VII (1) to (6) or (7) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 does not make it correct. (3) The administrative offence may be subject to a fine of up to Fifty thousand euros.