Yes, early 2011 sorry. <br><br>It is also possible to send petitions to the EU Parliament: <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?language=EN&id=49">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?language=EN&id=49</a><br>
<blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote"><p>If
the subject of your petition concerns an area of activity of the
European Union it will normally be declared admissible by the Committee
on Petitions, which will then decide what type of action should be
taken, according to the Rules of Procedure.</p><p>Depending on the circumstances, the
Committee on Petitions may:</p><ul><li>ask the European Commission to
conduct a preliminary investigation and provide information regarding
compliance with relevant Community legislation or contact SOLVIT,</li><li>refer
the petition to other European Parliament committees for information or
further action (a committee might, for example, take account of a
petition in its legislative activities),</li><li>in some exceptional
cases prepare and submit a full report to Parliament to be voted upon in
plenary ; or conduct a fact-finding visit to the country or region
concerned and issue a Committee report containing its observations and
recommendations; </li><li>or take any other action considered
appropriate to try to resolve an issue or deliver a suitable response to
the petitioner.</li></ul></blockquote>This is a single form, so no signatures needed. <br><br>Jerry<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicco77@gmail.com">nicco77@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Early 2011 you mean, this is what is stated in the summary document. It also says that the proposal is currently under consultation on how to make these features operational and how to deal with a number of additional questions not covered in the treaty:<div>
<br><div><div> • minimum number of EU countries signatories must come from</div><div> • minimum number of signatories per country</div><div> • minimum age of signatories</div><div> • form and wording of a citizens' initiative</div>
<div> • rules on collecting, verifying and authenticating signatures</div><div> • time limit for collecting signatures</div><div> • how to officially register initiatives</div><div> • rules on transparency and funding (applicable to organisers)</div>
<div> • possible time limit for Commission response</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div> PPI / PPSE member</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Jerry Weyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jerry.weyer@pp-international.net" target="_blank">jerry.weyer@pp-international.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Just to inform anybody that doesn't want to read the docs: the initative is not yet operational (pending regulation), so that's no option for us. Will be operational probably early 2010.<div>
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On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Jerry Weyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jerry.weyer@pp-international.net" target="_blank">jerry.weyer@pp-international.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
You can find more information on this here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/citizens_initiative/index_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/citizens_initiative/index_en.htm</a> (check the FAQ)<br>
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<br>Jerry</font><div><div></div><div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br>
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