Gerald HÄFNER

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Germany Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

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Verts/ALE Member Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Petitions	2012/01/19	9999/12/31

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Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Petitions	2009/07/16	2012/01/18

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Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula	2009/09/17	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)	2009/09/16	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees	2009/09/16	9999/12/31

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Member of	Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula	2009/09/16	2009/09/16

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Shadow	2013/0802(CNS)	Elections to the European Parliament in 2014
Shadow	2012/2309(INI)	Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections
Responsible	2012/2308(INI)	Location of the seats of the European Union's institutions
Shadow	2012/2156(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 191: committee bureau; interpretation
Shadow	2012/2080(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 181 and 182: verbatim reports; audiovisual record of proceedings
Shadow	2012/2078(INI)	Constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the European Union
Responsible	2012/2069(ACI)	Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament and the Council concerning the forwarding to and handling by the European Parliament of classified information held by the Council on matters other than those in the area of the Common Foreign and Security Policy
Shadow	2012/2034(INI)	Relations between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments
Shadow	2012/2020(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 15(2): order of precedence of Vice-Presidents elected by acclamation
Shadow	2012/0237(COD)	European political parties and European political foundations: statute and funding
Shadow	2011/2314(ACI)	Publications Office of the EU: organisation and operation; alignment with the Treaty of Lisbon
Shadow	2011/2302(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure: implementing the European Citizens’ Initiative
Shadow	2011/2298(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 70: interinstitutional negotiations in legislative procedures
Shadow	2011/2257(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 196: provisions concerning plenary sittings applicable in committee
Shadow	2011/2174(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure: code of conduct for Members in respect of financial interests and conflicts of interest (amend.)
Shadow	2011/2168(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 48(2): own-initiative reports
Shadow	2011/2152(ACI)	Interinstitutional Agreement on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management 2014-2020 (replacing Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006)
Shadow	2011/2059(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 128: exercise of Parliament's rights vis-à-vis the Court of Justice, interpretation
Shadow	2011/0818(NLE)	Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol (amend.). Consent to not to convene a Convention
Shadow	2011/0817(NLE)	Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol (amend.)
Opinion	2011/0436(APP)	Programme "Europe for Citizens" 2014-2020
Shadow	2011/0307(COD)	Securities: issuers trading on a regulated market, transparency requirements
Opinion	2011/0217(COD)	European Year of Citizens (2013)
Shadow	2010/2292(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 9 and Annexes: establishment of a joint Transparency Register between the Parliament and the Commission
Shadow	2010/2291(ACI)	European Parliament/European Commission Agreement: transparency register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation
Shadow	2010/0821(NLE)	Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU)
Opinion	2010/0074(COD)	Citizens' initiative
Shadow	2009/2212(INI)	Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry replacing the Decision of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 (95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC)
Shadow	2009/2195(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rules 87a and 88: delegated acts and implementing measures
Shadow	2009/2134(INI)	Proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976
Shadow	2006/0277(CNS)	European elections: exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament, preventing citizens from voting or standing twice

Born

1956/11/03 München

Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
1	0000/2013(INI) 2013/05/08 AFCO 1 amendments... Amendment 48 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Insists that the political parties at all levels adopt democratic and transparent procedures through free, equal and secret ballot, for the selection of their candidates for the European Parliament and for the Presidency of the Commission; source: PE-510.728
2	2009/0813(NLE) Resolution on the draft protocol amending Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions concerning the composition of the European Parliament for the rest of the 2009-2014 parliamentary term: the European Parliament's opinion 2010/11/03 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 15 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER Paragraph 2 2. Regrets that the Council did not adopt the necessary measures in time to enable the additional MEPs to take up their seats as soon as the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, and that ~~one of the solu~~the proposed third options envisaged in the context of the amendment sought is ~~not in keeping with the spirit of the 1976 Act~~clearly in breach of EU primary law, which wais designed to ensure that MEPs are elected directly~~, ra~~ and not, as proposed in ther thanird option, indirectly through an election within a national parliament; Amendment 19 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER Paragraph 3 3. ADoes not agrees, ~~however,~~therefore, at this stage to the convening of an intergovernmental conference, ~~provided that it is confined to the specific issue~~and reserves its right to postpone its decision ofn the ~~adoption of transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament for the rest of the 2009-2014 parliamentary term~~convening of a Convention until there is an agreement to withdraw the proposed inclusion of the third option in the amended Protocol No 36; source: PE-439.866
10	2009/2134(INI) Proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976 2011/03/14 AFCO 9 amendments... Amendment 46 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. the redistribution of parliamentary seats among States needs to ~~take place on a regular basis in order to reflect demographic change in the resident populations of the States and to strictly respect the principle of degressive proportionality~~comply with the rules and with the principle of degressive proportionality; it should be adapted regularly to reflect demographic change in the electorate of the States; it may be possible to reach agreement on a~~n apolitical,~~ mathematical formula which would respect the criteria laid down in the Treaties and spelt out in the Act21, ~~1 Declaration No 5 annexed to the Final Act of the Lisbon Treaty IGC. 2 Declaration No 5 annexed to the Final Act of the Lisbon Treaty IGC.~~Or. de Amendment 49 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. in addition to the principle of degressive proportionality, the distribution of seats should also be guided by the following principles agreed by Parliament in its resolution of 11 October 2007: the principle of efficiency, whereby a ceiling is imposed on the number of Members at a level which is still compatible with the role of a legislative assembly; the principle of plurality, which guarantees the citizens of each Member State that the main constituents of the spectrum of political opinion – particularly the majority and the opposition – are represented; and the principle of solidarity, whereby the more populous States agree to be under-represented in order to allow the less populous States to be represented better, Amendment 57 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital W a (new) Wa. electoral equality must remain the overriding principle if transnational lists are introduced; the status of Members in Parliament should therefore remain equal regardless of whether they were elected from transnational or national lists, Amendment 58 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital W b (new) Wb. the introduction of transnational lists should not lead to further expansion of the Parliament; the number of seats will already increase by 15 Members with the impending implementation of the distribution of seats under the Lisbon Treaty; further expansion would not be compatible either with the aforementioned principle of efficiency or with the current constraints on public finances in the EU and its Member States, Amendment 72 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Proposes that ~~an additional 25~~25 out of the total of 751 MEPs will be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; transnational lists will be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and will be gender-balanced; candidates will be selected in accordance with democratic principles; each elector will be enabled to cast one vote for the EU-wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list: voting for the EU constituency will be in accordance with the preferential semi-open list system (whereby votes are allotted either to the party list or to individual candidates within a list); and seats will be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method15; further, proposes that an electoral authority will be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the EU- wide list; Amendment 77 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Proposes that a redistribution of the existing ~~751~~ seats among States will take place, if justified objectively by figures established by Eurostat, based on the total ~~resident population~~electorate, before every election; ~~the redistribution will be made in accordance with a mathematical formula respecting the criteria laid down in the Treaties, and will~~advocates that both the redistribution of seats, arising from a change in population size, and also the necessary reform in seat allocation caused by the introduction of transnational lists be conducted in accordance with a mathematical formula respecting the criteria laid down in the Treaties; notes that the redistribution of seats calculated using this formula can also be introduced gradually; emphasises that on no account may there be any greater divergence in the redistribution of seats from the degressive proportional distribution calculated before; considers that the redistribution of seats should be announced at least twelve months before the end of the mandate; Amendment 79 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers it necessary to hold further discussions on a suitable formula that must ensure a degressive proportional distribution in which the ratio between the population and the unrounded number of seats of each Member State varies in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member from a more populous Member State represents more citizens than each Member from a less populous Member State and vice versa, but also that no less populous Member State has more seats than a more populous Member State; the formula should ensure a regular degressive proportional distribution for all countries with more than the minimum number of seats and there should be no blips in the graph; under the current conditions it should lead to a distribution which is as close as possible for all Member States to the number of seats set out in the current Treaty on European Union, with the emphasis on the principle of solidarity whereby smaller countries receive more seats than they would be due under a purely proportional system and larger countries receive correspondingly fewer seats; the formula must comply with the criteria enshrined in the Treaties, whereby no Member State may receive fewer than 6 or more than 96 seats and the total number of seats, including those awarded under transnational lists, may not exceed 751; the formula must at any rate produce a clear result in terms of seat distribution; it must also set out general rules and not establish special rules for any individual Member State; Amendment 91 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Places equal emphasis on urging political parties to adhere to democratic principles in the selection of candidates; Amendment 95 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 ~~8. Submits to the Council for the amendment of the Treaties the amendments contained in Annex II;~~deleted source: PE-460.673 2011/10/11 AFCO 1 amendments... Amendment 20 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Proposes that 25 out of the total of 751 MEPs be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; pan- European lists would be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and may ensure an adequate gender representation; each elector would be enabled to cast one vote for the EU- wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list:; and seats ~~woul~~thus won would be counted within the number of national allocations so as not to alter the seat apportionment per Member State and be allocated without a minimum threshold in accordance with the D’Hondt method; further, proposes that an electoral authority be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the pan- European list; source: PE-475.840
4	2009/2142(INI) Better lawmaking - 15th annual report from the Commission pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality 2010/04/13 AFCO 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the Lisbon Treaty, by introducing the European Citizens’ Initiative, gives EU citizens the right to ~~initiate~~request a legislationve procedure, Amendment 3 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. Whereas on 31 March 2010 the Commission submitted a proposal for a regulation setting out the procedures and conditions for the Citizens’ Initiative, Amendment 7 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to lose no time in making, in cooperation with Parliament, the legal and organisational arrangements required in order to enable EU citizens to exercise their right to initiate legislation;deleted source: PE-439.979 2010/11/05 JURI 1 amendments... Amendment 32 # Gerald HÄFNER, Eva LICHTENBERGER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Points, furthermore, to a range of other institutional changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty that will affect lawmaking in the European Union; emphasises in particular the importance of the European citizens’ initiative and ~~welcomes~~takes note of the Commission’s ~~Green Paper on this matter~~proposal for a regulation setting out the procedures and conditions of that initiative; source: PE-441.225
3	2009/2195(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rules 87a and 88: delegated acts and implementing measures 2012/06/02 AFCO 3 amendments... Amendment 30 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 87a – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. In accordance with the provisions of the basic legislative act, the committee responsible may table a motion for a resolution to revoke a delegation, to oppose tacit renewal of a delegation of power, to give early approval or to object to a delegated act. In the latter case, the motion for a resolution shall state the reasons for the objection and may incorporate a request to the Commission to submit a new delegated act which takes account of Parliament's recommendations. Amendment 40 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 87a – paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. If the committee responsible recommends that, prior to the expiry of the deadline set in the basic legislative act, Parliament should declare that it has no objections to the delegated act: – it shall inform the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs by means of a letter setting out its reasons and table a recommendation to that effect; – the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs shall without delay inform the committees and set a deadline for raising objections; – if no objections are raised before that deadline, the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs shall inform the President, who shall announce the recommendation at the next plenary session; – if, within 24 hours following the announcement in plenary, a political group or at least 40 Members object to the recommendation, it shall be put to the vote; – if, within the same period, no objections are raised, the proposed recommendation shall be deemed to have been approved; – the President shall inform the Council and the Commission of the decision taken; – the adoption of such a recommendation shall render inadmissible any subsequent proposal objecting to the delegated act. Amendment 45 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 88 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new) (aa) if the draft implementing act is based on paragraph 5 or 6 of Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC, which prescribes curtailed time-limits for opposition by Parliament, a motion for a resolution opposing the adoption of the draft act may be tabled by the chair of the committee responsible if that committee has not been able to meet in the time available and if such motion for a resolution clearly represents the opinion of a majority of the committee. source: PE-480.765
2	2010/0074(COD) Citizens' initiative 2010/11/16 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 88 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) It is appropriate to ensure that statements of support for a citizens' initiative are collected within a specific time-limit. In order to en~~sure that proposed citizens' initiatives remain relevant, whilst taking account of the complexity of collecting statements of support across the European Union~~able citizens to collect statements of support in as many Member States as possible, whilst ensuring that proposed citizens' initiatives remain relevant, that time-limit should ~~not be longer than 12~~be 18 months from the date of registration of the proposed initiative. Amendment 148 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 4 4. All statements of support shall be collected after the date of registration of the proposed initiative and within a period that shall not exceed 1~~2 months~~8 months. At the end of that period, the register shall indicate that the period has expired and, where appropriate, that the Commission has ascertained that the necessary statements of support have not been submitted. source: PE-452.836
4	2010/0821(NLE) Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU) 2011/03/03 AFCO 4 amendments... Amendment 15 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the future structure of economic governance in the Union and further economic coordination measures should be subject of a European Economic Governance Conference to be organised according to the convention model, with the participation of the European Parliament, national parliaments, the Council and the Commission so as to ensure a high level of participation and democratic legitimacy; Amendment 56 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that the establishment and functioning of the permanent stability mechanism must fully respect the core principles of democratic decision-making such as transparency, parliamentary scrutiny and democratic accountability; emphasises that it should not give rise to a new model of European governance which falls short of the level of democratic standards achieved in the Union; Amendment 99 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point b – indent 3 – the financial assistance under the mechanism will be subject to rigorous analysis and to a programme of economic and financial recovery; those Member States whose currency is the euro will act, when deciding to grant financial assistance, on the basis of an evaluation provided by the Commission, the European Central Bank and, in so far as it may be involved, the International Monetary Fund; with regard to the analysis and the conditions for financial and economic recovery, the Commission will report back to Parliament; and Amendment 116 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Reiterates that Parliament is prepared to support the draft European Council decision only if condition (a) or at least condition (b) set out in paragraph 9 above is fulfilled; does not support a break with the Community method and its democratic principles; source: PE-460.672
1	2010/2002(BUD) 2011 budget: draft mandate for the draft budget conciliation procedure before the first reading 2010/12/05 BUDG 1 amendments... Amendment 119 # Sylvie GUILLAUME, Zita GURMAI, Gerald HÄFNER, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a new 45a. The European Parliament calls for extra budgetary means in order to facilitate the implementation of the European citizens' initiative for the citizens, with the aim of provide help and assistance to citizens who whish to make use of this new instrument; source: PE-441.198
12	2010/2201(INI) Application of Regulation 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding 2011/03/03 AFCO 12 amendments... Amendment 3 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas Article 10(4) of the Treaty on European Union states that ‘'political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens of the Union’', while Parliament and the Council, in accordance with Article 224 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, lay down the regulations governing these parties and their affiliated European political foundations and in particular the rules regarding their funding, Amendment 13 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) Na. whereas the regulation on political parties at the European level does not make a difference between the recognition and the funding of political parties, Amendment 14 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new) Nb. whereas the Bureau note of 10 January 2011 recommended tightening the criteria for the funding of European political parties; whereas this amounts to a restriction of party competition at the European level as long as the criteria for the legal recognition and funding of political parties are identical, Amendment 15 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital N c (new) Nc. whereas a common legal statute for European political parties allows separating the recognition of parties from their funding and counterbalancing the aforementioned restriction of party competition; whereas this makes the European political space more accessible to new parties, Amendment 17 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital R R. whereas experience with the funding of European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations has shown that they need more flexibility and similar conditions with regard to the carry-over of funds to the following financial year and to building up reserves from own resources in excess of the prescribed minimum of their expenditure to be financed from their own funds, Amendment 32 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the need for a European political party to be made up of national or regional parties that respect and implement internal democracy (in the democratic election of party bodies, and democratic decision- making including the selection of candidates); Amendment 35 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the same internal democracy ~~should~~must be respected by the European party itself; Amendment 48 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises the need to separate the legal recognition of European political parties from their funding; underlines that the proposed tightening of the criteria for the funding of political parties must be supplemented by less restrictive criteria of their legal recognition in order to keep the European political space accessible to new parties and parties not yet represented in Parliament; Amendment 49 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Points out that a legal statute should reflect the outstanding role of political parties for democratic decision-making and for the mediation of interests between citizens and their representatives; stresses that political parties therefore should be granted special rights and obligations; notes that internal democratic structures and respect for democratic values are a sine qua non for the recognition as a political party; notes further that political parties which fulfil those criteria should be granted full political independence; their funding must not be made dependent on their work programmes or any other criteria as regards the substance of their activities; Amendment 78 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Recalls a demand made long ago, namely to give the European political parties and foundations a legal statute, enabling them to acquire legal personality under EU law rather than the law of the State where they are established or recognised; considers that such a statute could at the same time lay down minimum requirements as to their functioning and structure; invites the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw up a legislative proposal with this aim at earliest convenience, to be submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 225 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; Amendment 81 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Notes that what is needed on a ~~more~~ short- term basis is to improve the regulatory environment of the European political parties and foundations~~, taking as a first step the adoption of the European legal statute~~; invites the Commission to take the steps necessary for amending Regulation 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties at the European level and the rules regarding their funding accordingly; Amendment 94 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Emphasises, however, that the funding regime would have to be counterbalanced by providing for sanctions in the Funding Regulation where they are at present missing; considers that such sanctions could take the form of financial penalties in the case of infringement of the rules concerning, for example, the transparency of donations; underlines the necessity of providing the same conditions for building reserves and carry-over funds for both European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations; source: PE-460.695
4	2010/2291(ACI) European Parliament/European Commission Agreement: transparency register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation 2011/01/04 AFCO 4 amendments... Amendment 5 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a decision Paragraph 4 4. Is of the opinion that the agreement ~~meets, de facto, Parliament's demand for obligatory registration because it remains~~will provide a strong incentive for registration since it will render it impossible for anyone to procure a badge giving access to Parliament without first registering; Amendment 7 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a decision Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reaffirms, however, its call for the mandatory registration of all lobbyists on the Transparency Register and calls for the necessary steps to prepare for a transition to mandatory registration to be taken in the forthcoming review process; Amendment 24 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a decision Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Demands, however, that regional representation offices which are units of the public administration of their federal state or region and hence public authorities are exempted from the register; demands further that point 13 of the agreement is amended accordingly; Amendment 32 # Gerald HÄFNER, Sandrine BÉLIER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a decision Paragraph 7 7. ADoes not approves conclusion of the agreement below ~~and decides to annex it to its Rules of Procedure~~unless the agreement is amended in accordance with paragraph 6a; source: PE-462.714
4	2011/0307(COD) Securities: issuers trading on a regulated market, transparency requirements 2012/09/05 JURI 4 amendments... Amendment 23 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) In order to provide for enhanced transparency of payments made to governments, issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market ~~and which have activities in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries~~ should disclose in a ~~separate~~ report on an annual basis payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate. The report should include types of payments comparable to those disclosed under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and provide civil society with information to hold governments of resource-rich countri and certain contextual information. The disclosure of these data is aimed at enabling inves to account for their receipts from the exploitation of natural resources. The initiative is also complementary to the EU FLEGT Action Plan (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the Timber Regulation which require traders of timber products to exercise due diligence in order to prevent illegal wood from entering into the EU marketrs to make better-informed decisions, improving corporate governance and accountability and contributing to the containment of tax evasion. The detailed requirements are defined in Chapter 9 of Directive 2011/../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council. Amendment 27 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a directive Recital 7 a (new) (7a) For issuers active in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries the report on payments to governments should include more detailed information provided the payments are material to the recipient government as defined in Chapter 9 of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council1. The reports should include types of payments comparable to those disclosed under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and provide civil society with information to hold governments of resource-rich countries to account for their receipts from the exploitation of natural resources. The initiative is also complementary to the EU FLEGT Action Plan (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade)2 and the Timber Regulation3 which require traders of timber products to exercise due diligence in order to prevent illegal wood from entering into the EU market. ______________ 1 OJ L, , p.. 2 http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do? uri=OJ:L:2005:347:0001:0006:EN:PDF 3 Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23). Companies that import wood products under EU voluntary agreements will be exempt from this requirement. Amendment 44 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 5 Directive 2004/109/EC Article 6 Member States shall require all issuers ~~active in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries, as defined in […] to prepare, in accordance with~~to disclose, as part of the annual financial report and in accordance with Article 6a of this Directive and Chapter 9 of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, ~~a report on~~ payments made to governments ~~on an annual basis. The report shall be made public at the latest six months after the end of each financial year and shall remain publicly available for at least five year~~and certain contextual information on an annual basis. Payments to governments shall be reported at consolidated level. Amendment 47 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 5 a (new) Directive 2004/109/EC Article 6 a (new) (5a) The following Article is inserted: 'Article 6a Principles for reporting on payments to governments For the purposes of transparency and investor protection, Member States shall require the following principles to apply to reporting on payments to governments: (a) integrated reporting: the report on payments to governments and certain contextual information shall form part of the annual financial report, be audited and be in an easily accessible and comparable format; the contextual information shall include net turnover, production volumes, production cost, employee count, total cash cost of operations, fixed production assets and net profit and loss before tax; (b) project-by-project reporting for issuers active in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries: reporting on payments to governments in these industries shall be done on a project-by- project basis; project shall be defined as equivalent to the contract, licence, lease, concession or other legal agreement which gives rise to a company's tax and revenue liabilities in each country where it operates; where any payment liabilities are incurred on a different basis than such legal agreements, reporting shall be on that basis; (c) materiality: disclosure on a project-by- project basis shall only be required where the total annual payments attributed to a specific project exceed EUR 100 000; (d) universality: all issuers shall be subject to the reporting requirements; no exemptions, for instance for certain countries in which issuers are active, shall be made; (e) comprehensiveness: all relevant payments and revenues paid to governments shall be reported, including payments in kind, operating costs and payments to significant suppliers of services, including payments for the state provision of services; (f) comparability: the reporting on all payments to governments shall be such as to allow data in respect of different countries to be compared easily.'. source: PE-489.400
2	2011/0455(COD) Staff Regulations of European Union officials: amendment of the Regulations 2012/03/20 JURI 2 amendments... Amendment 31 # Eva LICHTENBERGER, Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 5 a (new) Staff Regulations Article 11 a 5a. Article 11a shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 11a 1. An official shall not, in the performance of his duties and save as hereinafter provided, deal with a matter in which, directly or indirectly, he has any personal interest such as to impair his independence, and, in particular, family and financial interests, or any other conflict of interest, for example, relating to previous employment undertaken in the past two years. All newly appointed officials shall be required, before starting work, to complete a comprehensive "declaration of interest" form which includes information about previous employers and/or previous clients. Such forms shall be scrutinised by the Appointing Authority. 2. On the basis of that scrutiny, the Appointing Authority shall relieve the official from responsibility in any matter in which he has an interest as referred to in paragraph 1. Additional appropriate measures may also be taken to ensure that the risk of conflicts of interest is eliminated. All institutions shall regularly publish a list of all such disqualifications. 3. An official may neither keep nor acquire, directly or indirectly, in undertakings which are subject to the authority of the institution to which he belongs or which have dealings with that institution, any interest of such kind or magnitude as might impair his independence in the performance of his duties.'; Amendment 37 # Eva LICHTENBERGER, Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 5 b (new) Staff Regulations Article 16 5b. Article 16 shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 16 An official shall, after leaving the service, continue to be bound by the duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance of certain appointments or benefits. Officials intending to engage in an occupational activity, whether gainful or not, within two years of leaving the service shall inform their institution thereof, using the form provided by their service, before commencing the occupational activity in question. If that activity will involve lobbying or providing advice on lobbying Union institutions, or could lead to the existence or possibility of a conflict with the legitimate interests of the institution, the Appointing Authority shall, having regard to the interests of the service, forbid him from undertaking it for a period of two years after he has left the service and apply any other conditions it thinks fit. The institution shall, after consulting the Joint Committee, notify its decision within 30 working days of being so informed formally and in writing to the official concerned. The Appointing Authority shall also apply sanctions in cases of breaches of this Article or of its decisions regarding specific occupational activities. Such sanctions shall include withholding, fully or in part, financial or non-financial benefits accrued by the (former) official. All institutions shall regularly publish a list of all cases assessed under this Article, without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data1, and shall produce an annual report which includes statistical information and details of emerging trends. Leave on personal grounds may not be granted to an official for the purpose of his engaging in an occupational activity, whether gainful or not, which will involve lobbying or providing advice on lobbying an Union institution or which could lead to the existence or possibility of a conflict with the legitimate interests of his service. During the two years following his retirement or early retirement, the Appointing Authority shall send the official an annual reminder about his obligations under this Article. _______________ 1 OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.'; source: PE-483.851
2	2011/0817(NLE) Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol (amend.) 2012/06/14 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 16 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital L a (new) La. Parliament attaches paramount importance to upholding the principle of equality before the law, as enshrined in Article 20 of the Charter, especially where it concerns the protection of fundamental rights, Amendment 26 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital S a (new) Sa. Parliament would encourage Member States not to start ratification procedures until the Czech Republic has completed its ratification procedure, source: PE-491.310
2	2011/2168(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 48(2): own-initiative reports 2011/10/13 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 2 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 48 − paragraph 2 2. Motions for resolutions contained in own-initiative reports shall be examined by Parliament under the short presentation procedure set out in Rule 139. Amendments to such motions for resolutions shall only be admissible for consideration in plenary if tabled by the rapporteur to take account of new information or by at least one- tenth of the Members of Parliament. Political groups may table alternative motions for resolutions in accordance with Rule 157(4). Rules 163 and 167 shall apply to the voting on such motions and amendments. Rule 167 shall also apply tot the voting on such alternative motions. This paragraph shall not apply in cases where the subject of the report qualifies for a key debate in plenary, where the report is drawn up pursuant to the right of initiative referred to in Rule 41 or 42, or where the report ~~can be considered~~has been authorised as a strategic report according to the criteria set out by the Conference of Presidents. Amendment 3 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 48 − paragraph 2 2. Motions for resolutions contained in own-initiative reports shall be examined by Parliament under the short presentation procedure set out in Rule 139. Amendments to such motions for resolutions shall only be admissible for consideration in plenary if tabled by the rapporteur to take account of new information or by at least ~~one-tenth of the~~40 Members of Parliament. Political groups may table alternative motions for resolutions in accordance with Rule 157(4). This paragraph shall not apply in cases where the subject of the report qualifies for a key debate in plenary, where the report is drawn up pursuant to the right of initiative referred to in Rule 41 or 42, or where the report ~~can be considered~~has been authorised as a strategic report according to the criteria set out by the Conference of Presidents. source: PE-473.941
1	2011/2174(REG) EP Rules of Procedure: code of conduct for Members in respect of financial interests and conflicts of interest (amend.) 2011/07/11 AFCO 1 amendments... Amendment 21 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 153 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new) (ca) submission to the Conference of Presidents of a proposal to deprive a Member of a rapporteurship; source: PE-475.805
2	2011/2176(INI) Jurisdictional system for patent disputes 2011/07/11 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 6 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is of the opinion that ~~a Unified Patent Court can be created by means of an international agreement; stresses, however,~~in light of the abovementioned opinion by the Court and taking into account that the European Union is not party to the European Patent Convention, careful analysis is needed whether a Unified Patent Court can be created by means of an international agreement as currently proposed, especially also in view of the legal architecture contained in the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection, notably article 1 thereof; stresses that the Unified Patent Court must respect Union law; believes that this respect for the primacy and proper application of Union law should be ensured inter alia by providing for the possibility of requesting preliminary rulings from the Court of Justice of the European Union in accordance with Article 267 of the TFEU; Amendment 7 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Is of the opinion that in light of the abovementioned opinion by the Court careful analysis is needed how a Unified Patent Court can be created by means of an international agreement; stresses, ~~however,~~ that the Unified Patent Court must respect Union law; believes that this respect for the primacy and proper application of Union law should be ensured inter alia by providing for the possibility of requesting preliminary rulings from the Court of Justice of the European Union in accordance with Article 267 of the TFEU; calls in this regard for an in depth legal analysis to verify whether an international agreement to which the Union is not a party can confer on the European Court of Justice an obligation to hear preliminary ruling questions as well as whether such agreement can impose liability on Member States for infringements of Union law; source: PE-475.860
2	2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights 2011/10/31 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 23 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Invites Member States, European Union institutions and relevant stakeholders to open discussions to see under which conditions it could be considered to grant voting rights to EU citizens inalso in national and regional elections when their regions are vested with legislative capacities; Amendment 30 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 15 15. Recalls and welcomes the fact that the set of rights attached to EU citizenship are now complemented by a new right, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which will be applicable from April 2012; underlines that work needs to continue on further developing models and methods for participative and deliberative democracy on European level; source: PE-475.848
1	2011/2275(INI) 28th annual report on monitoring the application of EU Law (2010) 2012/01/06 AFCO 1 amendments... Amendment 6 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines the importance of a good administration practice also with regard to infringement procedures and calls for the establishment of a 'procedural code' in the form of a regulation under the legal basis of Article 298 TFEU, setting out the various aspects of the infringement procedure; source: PE-489.456
6	2011/2298(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 70: interinstitutional negotiations in legislative procedures 2012/06/20 AFCO 6 amendments... Amendment 16 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 70 – paragraph 2 2. ~~Befor~~Such negotiations shall not be enter~~ing~~ed into ~~such negotia~~prior to the adoptions, by the committee responsible ~~should, in principle, take a decision by a majority of its members and adopt a mandate, orientation~~, on a case-by-case basis for every legislative procedure concerned, of a decision on the opening of negotiations which shall determine the mandate and the composition of the negotiating team. The mandate shall consist of a report or a set of amendments adopted in committee and additionally, where appropriate, a set of clearly defined objectives or priorities. Amendment 22 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 70 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The negotiating team shall have a representative composition. It shall be chaired by the Chair of the committee responsible or by another member of the team designated by the Chair. The negotiating team shall comprise the rapporteur and, for each political group, the shadow rapporteur or the coordinator. Amendment 38 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 70 – paragraph 3 3. If the negotiations lead to a compromise with the Council ~~following the adoption of the report by the com~~, the committee responsible shall be informed without delay. The agreed draft legislative act shall be submittee,d to the committee ~~shall in any case be reconsulted before the vote in plenary~~responsible, and if approved shall be tabled for consideration by Parliament in the form of a report or compromise amendments, which may take the form of a consolidated text. Amendment 42 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 70 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Where a draft legislative act is examined in the procedure with associated committees in accordance with Rule 50, or in the procedure with joint committee meetings pursuant to Rule 51, those Rules shall also apply to the decision on the opening of negotiations and to the conduct of such negotiations. In the event of disagreement between the committees concerned, the matter shall be submitted to the Conference of Presidents, which , without prejudice to Rule 70a , may decide on the modalities for the opening and conduct of negotiations in accordance with the principles set out in those Rules. Amendment 45 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 70 a (new) Rule 70a Approval of a decision on the opening interinstitutional negotiations prior to the adoption of a report at first reading 1. Any decision by a committee on the opening of negotiations prior to the adoption of a report at first reading shall be translated into all the official languages, distributed to all Members of Parliament and submitted to the Conference of Presidents. The Conference of Presidents may decide to include the item, for consideration with a debate and vote, in the draft agenda of the part-session subsequent to the distribution. In the absence of such decision by the Conference of Presidents, the decision on the opening of negotiations shall be announced by the President at the opening of the subsequent part-session. 2. The item shall be included in Parliament's agenda of the part-session subsequent to the announcement for consideration with a debate and vote, and the President shall set a deadline for the tabling of amendments where two groups representing at least one-tenth of the component Members of Parliament so request within 48 hours after the announcement. Otherwise, the decision on the opening of the negotiations shall be deemed to be approved. Amendment 46 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 70 a (new) Rule 70a Approval of a decision on the opening interinstitutional negotiations prior to the adoption of a report 1. Any decision by a committee on the opening of negotiations prior to the adoption of a report shall be translated into all the official languages, distributed to all Members of Parliament and submitted to the Conference of Presidents. The Conference of Presidents may decide to include the item, for consideration with a debate and vote, in the draft agenda of the part-session subsequent to the distribution. In the absence of such decision by the Conference of Presidents, the decision on the opening of negotiations shall be announced by the President at the opening of the subsequent part-session. 2. The item shall be included in Parliament's agenda of the part-session subsequent to the announcement for consideration with a debate and vote, and the President shall set a deadline for the tabling of amendments where two groups representing at least one-tenth of the component Members of Parliament so request within 48 hours after the announcement. Otherwise, the decision on the opening of the negotiations shall be deemed to be approved. source: PE-492.564
2	2011/2302(REG) EP Rules of Procedure: implementing the European Citizens’ Initiative 2012/03/28 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 4 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a decision Paragraph 3 3. Asks the ~~Vice-President of Parliament responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives, the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chair~~Conference of Presidents to task the working group responsible for negotiations on interinstitutional issues and the rapporteur for the above report, together with representatives of the other political groups ~~appointed by the Conference of Presidents~~, to come to an agreement with the Commission in respect of arrangements for implementing Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative as regards cooperation between the two institutions in organising and conducting public hearings and inas re~~imbursing the~~gards a distribution of costs arising from such hearings; calls for these arrangements to be laid down in an ~~interinstitutional~~ agreement to be incorporated into the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission when it is next revised; ~~is willing to bear the costs of providing meeting rooms and interpretation for the public hearings if the Commission will reimburse the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by participants;~~ Amendment 14 # Gerald HÄFNER Rule 197 a (new) – paragraphs 1 to 6 (new) citizens’ initiatives. He may delegate this task to a Vice-President of Parliament. 2.The Conference of Presidents, in performing its tasks under Rule 25(2) and (3) and after consulting the Conference of Committee Chairs, shall coordinate the public hearings referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative1. It shall liaise with the Commission and, where necessary, with other Union institutions and bodies to ensure that public hearings are organised and conducted under appropriate and uniform conditions. 3. When the Commission has published a citizens’ initiative in the relevant register pursuant to point (a) of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011, the Conference of Presidents: (a) shall ascertain whether the Commission has received the organisers at an appropriate level in accordance with point (b) of Article 10(1) of the Regulation; (b) shall establish in accordance with Rule 188, after consulting the Conference of Committee Chairs, which committee is to be responsible for organising the public hearing; (c) shall, at the request of the chair of the committee responsible for matters relating to petitions, ensure that that committee is properly involved in organising the public hearing; (d) shall ensure that the Commission is properly involved in organising the public hearing and that it is represented at an appropriate level at the hearing; and (e) shall, in agreement with the chair of the committee responsible, determine an appropriate date for the public hearing within three months of the submission of the initiative to the Commission inRule 197a Public hearings on citizens’ initiatives 1. The President of Parliament shall liaise with citizens, representative associations and civil society on matters relating to accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011. 4. Rule 23(9) shall not apply to such public hearings. 5. If the conditions laid down in Rule 50 or Rule 51 are met, those provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis. In that case, the Conference of Presidents may invite the President or a Vice-President of Parliament to chair the public hearing. 6. The committee responsible shall organise the public hearing at Parliament, if appropriate together with such other Union institutions and bodies as may wish to participate. The committee responsible shall invite the organisers of the citizens’ initiative, or a representative delegation thereof, to present the initiative at the hearing. Any Member wishing to attend the public hearing may do so. The President or a Vice-President of Parliament may deliver an address at the start of the public hearing. _______________ 1 OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1. source: PE-486.111
5	2011/2317(INI) Annual Report of the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2011 2012/05/24 PETI 5 amendments... Amendment 29 # Margrete AUKEN, Sandrine BÉLIER, Gerald HÄFNER, Keith TAYLOR Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas ~~the~~ main concerns relating to the general theme of the environment are the poor and often misguided application by Member States and their sub-national entities of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive4 and the Waste Framework Directive5 ; whereas petitions alleging breaches of the Birds and Habitats Directives often raise concerns of serious biodiversity loss as a result of major projects planned in Natura 2000 sites and petitions on water management have revealed grave cases of pollution as well as raised concerns over possible impacts of projects on the sustainability and quality of aquatic resources; Amendment 36 # Margrete AUKEN, Sandrine BÉLIER, Gerald HÄFNER, Keith TAYLOR Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new) N a. whereas many petitions have claimed that EU funds have been misused or misappropriated and others allege malfunctioning in the EU administration including conflicts of interest within influential agencies or call for changes in EU policies such as the authorisation of GMOs or the use of nuclear energy; Amendment 56 # Margrete AUKEN, Sandrine BÉLIER, Gerald HÄFNER, Keith TAYLOR Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Believes, therefore, that this role and responsibility should lead Parliament to consider ways of revitalising this fundamental part of parliamentary work both in terms of its visibility and in terms of improving its ability to raise issues of importance to European citizens in plenary, as well as by reinforcing its competence to call witnesses and investigate more independently issues raised by citizens; invites its Bureau to consider measures to this effect, including the possibility of organising on-site field hearings on important petitions; Amendment 62 # Margrete AUKEN, Sandrine BÉLIER, Gerald HÄFNER, Keith TAYLOR Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes Parliament's decision to develop a much more practical and visible petitions portal on its website, which will facilitate access for citizens to the petitions process, provide them with information and allow them to submit petitions in a more user-friendly environment and sign electronically in support of petitions; considers that this portal should also provide practical links to other forms of redress which are available at European and national or regional level; Amendment 95 # Margrete AUKEN, Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. ~~Urges the Spanish Government to revise the Ley d~~Recalls that Parliament has held that the Coasta~~s in such a way as to guarantee title to those who have~~l Law has had a disproportionate impact on individual properlty ~~and in good faith acquired property within the reach of the jurisdiction of the Ley de Costas; in particular, calls for a reform of the Ley de Costas which~~owners while, at the same time, it has had insufficient impact on the real perpetrators of coastal destruction, who have in many instances been responsible for excessive urban developments along the coasts, including holiday resorts, and who had good grounds for knowing that they were invariably acting contrary to the provisions of the law in question; urges the Spanish Government to ensures due process, a right of appeal, proper compensation, and the right to information and ~~which~~ protectsion against ~~retroactive or~~ discriminatory actions; source: PE-489.586
76	2012/0237(COD) European political parties and European political foundations: statute and funding 2012/12/19 JURI 53 amendments... Amendment 7 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations, which wish to obtain recognition as such at the European level through a European legal status and to receive public funding from the general budget of the European Union, should respect certain principles and fulfil certain conditions. In particular, it is necessary for European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations to respect the values on which the European Union is founded, as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In order to allow new formations to enter the political contest and thus contribute to a vibrant democratic life in the European Union, as well as to ensure that a maximum number of party alliances fall under the transparency and supervision rules of this Regulation, the threshold for registering a European political party should be easy to meet for formally well organised transnational political alliances, without the precondition of electoral success. Amendment 8 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Principles and minimum requirements for the governance and internal organisation of European political parties should be laid down, in particular to ensure a commitment to and respect for high standards of internal party democracy, especially concerning the procedures for the selection of candidates and composition of electoral lists for the elections to the European Parliament through their constituent member parties. The statutes of a European political party or a European political foundation should also contain a series of basic administrative and legal provisions. Amendment 9 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) Eligibility for funding from the general budget of the European Union should be limited to European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations that have been recognised as such and obtained a European legal status. While it is crucial to ensure that the conditions to become a European political party are not excessive but can be readily met by organised and serious transnational alliances of political parties or natural persons or both, it is also necessary to establish proportionate criteria in order to allocate limited resources from the EU budget, which objectively demonstrate the European ambition and genuine electoral support of a European political party. Such a criterion is best based on the outcome of elections to the European Parliament, in which the European political parties are required to participate under this Regulation, providing a precise indication of the electoral recognition of a European political party. It should reflect the role the European Parliament has of directly representing the Union's citizens, assigned to it by Article 10(2) of the Treaty on European Union, as well as the objective for European political parties to participate fully in the democratic life of the Union and to become active actors of Europe's representative democracy, in order to effectively express the views, opinions and political will of the citizens of the Union. Eligibility for funding from the general budget of the European Union should therefore be limited to European political parties which are represented in the European Parliament by at least one of their members or have obtained a minimum level of electoral support across a significant number of Member States at the most recent elections to the European Parliament and to European political foundations which apply through a European political party that is represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members. Amendment 10 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) For reasons of transparency, and in order to strengthen the scrutiny and the democratic accountability of European political parties and European political foundations, information considered to be of substantial public interest, related notably to their statutes, membership, financial statements, donors and donations, [contributions] and grants received from the budget of the Union, as well as information related to decisions taken by the ~~European Parliament~~Commission on registration, funding and penalties, should be published. Establishing a regulatory framework to ensure that this information is publicly available is the most effective means of promoting a level playing field and fair competition between political forces, and of upholding open, transparent and democratic legislative and electoral processes, thereby strengthening the trust of citizens and voters in European representative democracy, and, more broadly, preventing corruption and abuses of power. In compliance with the principle of proportionality, the obligation to publish the identity of natural persons should not apply to those members of a European political party who have not given their express consent for publication or to donations equal to or below EUR 1 000 per year and per donor. Also in compliance with the principle of proportionality, information on donations should be published annually, except during election campaigns to the European Parliament or for donations exceeding EUR 12 000 where publication should take place expeditiously. Amendment 11 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 (23) For the sake of legal certainty, it is appropriate to clarify that the ~~European Parliament~~Commission, the European political parties and European political foundations, the national authorities competent for exercising control over aspects related to the financing of European political parties and European political foundations, and other relevant third parties referred to or provided for in this Regulation are the data controllers within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 or Directive 95/46/EC. It is also necessary to specify the maximum period for which they may retain the personal data collected for the purposes of ensuring the legality, regularity and transparency of the funding of European political parties and European political foundations and the membership of European political parties. In their capacity as data controllers, the European Parliament, the European political parties and European political foundations, the competent national authorities and the relevant third parties need to take all the appropriate measures to comply with the obligations imposed by Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Directive 95/46/EC, in particular those relating to the lawfulness of the processing, the security of the processing activities, the provision of information and the rights of data subjects to have access to their personal data, as well as to procure the correction and erasure of their personal data. Amendment 12 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 25 (25) Specific rules and procedures shall be laid down for distributing the appropriations available each year from the general budget of the European Union, taking into account, on the one hand, the number of beneficiaries and, on the other, the share of elected members in the European Parliament of each beneficiary European political party and, by extension, its respective affiliated European political foundation. These rules shall provide for strict transparency, accounting, auditing and financial control of European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations, and auditing provisions by the ~~European Parliament~~Commission and the Court of Auditors as well as proportionate sanctions, including in the event of a breach by a European political party or a European political foundation of the values on which the Union is founded. Amendment 13 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 (26) The ~~European Parliament~~Commission should verify regularly that the conditions and requirements related to the registration and funding of European political parties or European political foundations continue to be met. This verification should be carried out annually, or following a motivated request by any natural or legal person and should be carried out upon request by the European Parliament. Decisions related to respect for the values on which the Union is founded should only be taken in accordance with a procedure specifically designed to this effect, and in consultation with a committee of independent eminent persons. Decisions to revoke the status as European political party or European political foundation can be appealed before the Court of Justice of the European Union in accordance with Article 263 TFEU. Amendment 14 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 27 (27) Technical assistance to be afforded by the ~~European Parliament~~Commission to European political parties should be guided by the principle of equal treatment, should be supplied against invoice and payment and shall be subject to a regular public report. Amendment 15 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 1 (b) it must ~~be represented, in at least one quarter of the Member States, by Members of the European Parliament or in the national Parliaments,~~consist of member organisations that are legally recognised as national and/or regional Ppar~~liaments or regional assemblies, or~~ties in at least one quarter of the Member States, Amendment 17 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – subparagraph 2 ~~it must have received, in at least one quarter of the Member States, at least three per cent of the votes cast in each of those Member States at the most recent elections to the European Parliament,~~deleted Amendment 20 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new) (ea) an obligation of its member parties to select candidates for the elections to the European Parliament in an open, democratic process that allows all party members to take part, actively and passively in the selection process and in the decisions about the order of candidates on the electoral lists, Amendment 21 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. The ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall establish a registry (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Registry’) for the purposes of the registration of a European political party and a European political foundation. Amendment 22 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. In order to register its statutes, the political alliance, as defined in Article 2 point (2), or the political foundation affiliated with a European political party shall file an application with the ~~European Parliament~~Commission. Amendment 23 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 5 5. Within three months following the reception of the application for registration, the ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall adopt a decision, which it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union, together with the party or foundation statutes or, where an application has not been approved, the grounds for rejection. Amendment 24 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 6 6. Any amendments to the documents or statutes submitted as part of the application for registration in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be notified to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission within four weeks. Amendment 25 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 7 7. The updated list of members of a European political party, annexed to the party statutes in accordance with Article 4(2), shall be sent to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission on a yearly basis, but within four weeks of any changes following which the European political party may no longer satisfy the requirement in Article 3(1)(b). Amendment 26 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. The Commission shall report, on an annual basis, to the European Parliament on all relevant information it has received as provided for in paragraphs 3 to 7 of this article. It shall inform the European Parliament immediately on any changes that might significantly affect the fulfilment of conditions for registration provided for in articles 3 to 5. Amendment 27 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 1. The ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall verify annually that the conditions and requirements set out in Articles 3, 4 and 5 continue to be met by the European political parties and the European political foundations. Amendment 29 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. Whenever requested to do so by one quarter of its members, representing at least three political groups in the European Parliament, the European Parliament shall decide by a majority of its members whether it considers the condition in Article 3(1)(c) for a European political party and in Article 3(2)(c) for a European political foundation continues to be met. Amendment 32 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 3. Any natural or legal person may, at any moment, introduce a motivated request to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission to verify that one or more of the conditions and requirements referred to in paragraph 1 continue to be met. A breach of the values on which the Union is founded by a European political party, including its members, or a European political foundation can only be established in accordance with paragraph 2. Amendment 33 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. If the Commission concludes that the conditions in Article 3(1)(c) for registering a European political party and in Article 3(2)(c) for registering a European political foundation cease to be met or upon request by the European Parliament pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, it shall take a decision whether or not to uphold the registration status. Amendment 34 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 4 4. If the ~~European Parliament~~Commission finds that any of the conditions or requirements referred to in paragraph 1 are no longer satisfied, the provisions provided for in Article 11 or in Article 22 or in both shall apply, having due regard to the provisions of Article 23. Amendment 35 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 2. The ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall adopt a decision on the termination of the European legal status and the removal from the Registry. Amendment 36 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. A European political party registered in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down in this Regulation, which is represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members or has obtained at least 1% share of the vote at the last elections to the European Parliament in at least one quarter of the Member States, and which is not in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article [93] of the Financial Regulation may apply for funding from the general budget of the European Union, in accordance with the terms and conditions published by the European Parliament in a call for [contributions]. Amendment 37 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 2. European political parties and European political foundations shall, at the time of the submission of their annual financial statements to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission in accordance with Article 19, also transmit a list of all donors with their corresponding donations, indicating both the nature and the value of the individual donations. This paragraph shall also apply to the contributions made by members referred to in paragraphs 7 and 8. Amendment 38 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 3 3. Donations received by the European political parties and European political foundations within six months prior to elections to the European Parliament shall be reported on a weekly basis to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission in writing and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2. Amendment 39 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 4 4. Single donations exceeding a value of EUR 12 000 that have been accepted by the European political parties and European political foundations shall be immediately reported to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission in writing and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2. Amendment 40 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 6 – indent 2 – when it is not possible to return it, be reported to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission. The Authorising Officer shall proceed to the establishment and authorisation of the recovery order in accordance with the provisions laid down in Articles [71] and [72] of the Financial Regulation. The funds shall be entered as general revenue in the European Parliament section of the Budget. Amendment 41 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 The national authorities and the ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall agree practical arrangements in order to share information on the European political parties and the European political foundations. Amendment 42 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 5 5. The [contribution] and grant award decision or agreement shall expressly provide for auditing by the ~~European Parliament~~Commission and the Court of Auditors, on the basis of records and on the spot, of the European political party which has received a [contribution] or the European political foundation which has received a grant from the general budget of the European Union. Amendment 43 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 All technical support from the ~~European Parliament~~Commission to European political parties shall be based on the principle of equal treatment. It shall be granted on conditions no less favourable than those granted to other external organisations and associations that may be accorded similar facilities and shall be supplied against invoice and payment. Amendment 44 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 2 In accordance with Article 24, the ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall publish details of the technical support provided to each European political party in an annual report, within three months following the end of the financial year. Amendment 45 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 1 1. If the ~~European Parliament~~Commission finds, in accordance with Article 7(2), that a European political party or a European political foundation has failed to respect the values on which the Union is founded or has been the subject of a judgement which has the force of res judicata for illegal activities detrimental to the financial interests of the Union as defined in Article [93(1)(e)] of the Financial Regulation, or that a European political party has failed to respect the minimum rules on internal democracy required by Article 4(2), the European political party or the European political foundation in question may be removed from the Registry, forfeit its status in accordance with Article 11, and have any ongoing decision on Union funding received under this Regulation withdrawn or any ongoing agreement on such funding terminated and any Union funding recovered, including any unspent Union funds from previous years. Amendment 46 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. The ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall impose on a European political party or a European political foundation a fine according to a scale determined by it: Amendment 47 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) in the event of failure to provide the notification laid down in Article 6(6) and (7) or if the ~~European Parliament~~Commission finds that the European political party or the European political foundation has at any moment intentionally provided incorrect or misleading information, Amendment 48 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) in the event of failure to transmit to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission the list donors and their corresponding donations in accordance with Article 15(2) or to report donations in accordance with Article 15(3) and (4), Amendment 49 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 3 3. When setting the amount of a fine imposed on a European political party or a European political foundation pursuant to paragraph 2, the ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall take into account the gravity, duration and, where relevant, recurrence of the infringement, the time that has elapsed, the intention or degree of negligence, and any measures taken to comply with the conditions and requirements of this Regulation. Any fine must be effective and dissuasive, and may not exceed 10% of the annual budget of the European political party or the European political foundation in question corresponding to the year in which the sanction is imposed. Amendment 50 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 22 – paragraph 4 4. A European political party or a European political foundation which, following an infringement described in paragraph 2 point (a), fails to introduce the measures requested by the ~~European Parliament~~Commission to remedy the situation, despite having been given the opportunity to do so pursuant to Article 23, may be removed from the Registry and forfeit its status in accordance with Article 11, and have any ongoing decision on Union funding received under this Regulation withdrawn or any ongoing agreement on such funding terminated and any Union funding recovered, including any unspent Union funds from previous years. Amendment 51 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 1. Before taking a final decision related to any of the penalties in Article 22, the ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall give the European political party or the European political foundation concerned the opportunity to present its observations and, where relevant and appropriate, to introduce the measures required to remedy the situation within a reasonable time period. Amendment 52 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 2 2. If the Commission or the European Parliament considers it necessary, ithey may hear other natural or legal persons, including any complainants referred to in Article 7(3). Amendment 53 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the names and statutes of all registered European political parties and European political foundations, together with the documents submitted as part of the application for registration in accordance with Article 6(3), at the latest four weeks after the ~~European Parliament~~Commission has adopted its decision and, beyond this date, any amendments notified to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission pursuant to Article 6(6) and (7), Amendment 54 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) a list of those applications that have not been approved, together with the documents submitted as part of the application for registration in accordance with Article 6(3) and the grounds for rejection, at the latest four weeks after the ~~European Parliament~~Commission has adopted its decision, Amendment 55 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point g (g) the details of and reasons for any final decisions taken by the ~~European Parliament~~Commission pursuant to Article 22, including, where relevant, the opinions adopted by the committee of independent eminent persons in accordance with Article 7(2), having due regard to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, Amendment 56 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point j (j) the evaluation report of the ~~European Parliament~~Commission on the application of this Regulation and the activities funded as referred to in Article 27. Amendment 57 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 2 2. From the list of members of a European political party, annexed to the party statutes in accordance with Article 4(2) and updated in accordance with Article 6(7), the ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall publish the total number of members, the identity of the legal persons that are members, as well as the names of those natural persons who have given their express written consent to their publication. European political parties shall request this consent as a matter of course from all natural persons who are members. Amendment 58 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 3 3. European political parties and European political foundations shall, in a publicly available privacy statement, provide potential members and donors with the information required by Article 10 of Directive 95/46/EC and inform them that their personal data may be made public and may be processed for auditing and control purposes by the ~~European Parliament~~Commission, OLAF, the Court of Auditors, competent national authorities, and external bodies or experts authorised by these. The European Parliament, in application of Article 11 of Regulation (EC) 45/2001, shall include the same information in the calls for [contributions] or proposals referred to in Article 13(1). Amendment 59 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 1 1. In processing personal data pursuant to this Regulation, the European Parliament, the Commission and the committee referred to in Article 7(2) shall comply with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. For the purposes of the processing of personal data, they shall be considered as data controllers in accordance with Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001. Amendment 60 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 3 3. The European Parliament, the Commission and the committee referred to in Article 7(2) shall ensure that personal data collected by them pursuant to this Regulation are not used for any purpose other than to ensure the legality, regularity and transparency of the funding of European political parties and European political foundations and the membership of European political parties. They shall destroy those personal data at the latest 24 months after publication of the relevant parts in accordance with Article 24. Amendment 61 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 4 4. The competent national authorities and independent bodies or experts authorised to audit accounts shall use the personal data they receive only in order to exercise control over the financing of European political parties and European political foundations. They shall destroy those personal data in accordance with applicable national law after transmitting it to the ~~European Parliament~~Commission pursuant to Article 20(3). Amendment 62 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 7 7. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall be responsible for monitoring and ensuring that the European Parliament, the European Commission and the committee referred to in Article 7(2) respect and protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons in the processing of personal data pursuant to this Regulation. Without prejudice to any judicial remedy, every data subject may lodge a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor if he or she considers that his or her right to the protection of their personal data has been infringed as a result of the processing of this data by the European Parliament, the European Commission or the committee. Amendment 64 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 26 – paragraph 1 1. The ~~European Parliament~~Commission shall provide for administrative appeal procedures in relation to any decisions linked to the registration of statutes, funding or penalties. Amendment 66 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 26 – paragraph 2 2. Administrative appeal procedures shall not have suspensory effect. The ~~European Parliament~~Commission may, however, if it considers that circumstances so require, suspend the application of any decision it has taken. Amendment 68 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 28 The ~~European Parliament shall adopt a Decis~~Commission shall adopt an Implementing Regulation laying down the rules and procedures for implementing this Regulation, including for the establishment of the Registry. source: PE-502.095 2013/01/18 AFCO 23 amendments... Amendment 48 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations, which wish to obtain recognition as such at the European level through a European legal status and to receive public funding from the general budget of the European Union, should respect certain principles and fulfil certain conditions. In particular, it is necessary for European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations to respect the values on which the European Union is founded, as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In order to guarantee a pluralistic democratic life in the European Union, as well as to ensure that a maximum number of alliances fall under the transparency and supervision rules of this Regulation, the threshold for registering a European political party should not be linked to previous electoral success but open the contest for all formally well organised transnational political alliances. Amendment 49 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Principles and minimum requirements for the governance and internal organisation of European political parties should be laid down, in particular to ensure a commitment to and respect for high standards of internal party democracy, especially concerning the procedures for the selection of candidates and composition of lists for the elections to the European Parliament through their constituent member parties. The statutes of a European political party or a European political foundation should also contain a series of basic administrative and legal provisions. Amendment 50 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) Eligibility for funding from the general budget of the European Union should be limited to European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations that have been recognised as such and obtained a European legal status. While it is crucial to ensure that the conditions to become a European political party are not excessive but can be readily met by organised and serious transnational alliances of political parties or natural persons or both, it is also necessary to establish proportionate criteria in order to allocate limited resources from the EU budget, which objectively demonstrate the European ambition and genuine electoral support of a European political party. Such a criterion is best based on the outcome of elections to the European Parliament, in which the European political parties are required to participate under this Regulation, providing a precise indication of the electoral recognition of a European political party. It should reflect the role the European Parliament has of directly representing the Union's citizens, assigned to it by Article 10(2) of the Treaty on European Union, as well as the objective for European political parties to participate fully in the democratic life of the Union and to become active actors of Europe's representative democracy, in order to effectively express the views, opinions and political will of the citizens of the Union. Eligibility for funding from the general budget of the European Union should therefore be limited to European political parties which are represented in the European Parliament by at least one of their members or have obtained a minimum level of electoral support across a significant number of Member States at the most recent elections to the European Parliament and to European political foundations which apply through a European political party that is represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members. Amendment 61 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) For reasons of transparency, and in order to strengthen the scrutiny and the democratic accountability of European political parties and European political foundations, information considered to be of substantial public interest, related notably to their statutes, membership, financial statements, donors and donations, [contributions] and grants received from the budget of the Union, as well as information related to decisions taken by the European Parliament on registration, funding and penalties, should be published. Establishing a regulatory framework to ensure that this information is publicly available is the most effective means of promoting a level playing field and fair competition between political forces, and of upholding open, transparent and democratic legislative and electoral processes, thereby strengthening the trust of citizens and voters in European representative democracy, and, more broadly, preventing corruption and abuses of power. In compliance with the principle of proportionality, the obligation to publish the identity of natural persons should not apply to those members of a European political party who have not given their express consent for publication or to donations equal to or below EUR 1 000 per year and per donor. Also in compliance with the principle of proportionality, information on donations should be published annually, except during election campaigns to the European Parliament or for donations exceeding EUR 12 000 where publication should take place expeditiously. Amendment 69 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 26 (26) The European Parliament should verify regularly that the conditions and requirements related to the registration and funding of European political parties or European political foundations continue to be met. This verification should be carried out annually, or following a motivated request by any natural or legal person. Decisions related to respect for the values on which the Union is founded should only be taken in accordance with a procedure specifically designed to this effect, and in consultation with an advisory committee of ~~independent eminent persons~~the competent experts on party regulation and electoral procedures from the Member States (the Advisory Committee on European Party Regulation). Decisions on granting or revoking the status as European political party or European political foundation can be appealed before the Court of Justice of the European Union in accordance with Article 263 TFEU. Amendment 89 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1 (b) it must ~~be represented, in at least one quarter of the Member States, by Members of the European Parliament or in the national Parliaments, regional Parliaments or regional assemblies, or~~consist of member organisations that are legally recognised as parties or allowed to participate in elections as parties at national or regional level in at least one quarter of the Member States, Amendment 93 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 2 ~~it must have received, in at least one quarter of the Member States, at least three per cent of the votes cast in each of those Member States at the most recent elections to the European Parliament,~~deleted Amendment 136 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new) (e a) an obligation of its Member parties to select candidates for the elections to the European Parliament in an open and democratic process through free, equal and secret ballot, Amendment 157 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. An Advisory Committee on European Party Regulation that consists of one representative of each Member State's authority that has the mandate to decide about participation of parties in elections at national level shall duly review each application and make a recommendation whether it fulfils all conditions laid down in Articles 3, 4, and 5. Amendment 161 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 5 5. Within three months following the reception of the application for registration, the European Parliament shall adopt a decision based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on European Party Regulation, which it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union, together with the party or foundation statutes or, where an application has not been approved, the grounds for rejection. Amendment 193 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Before reaching its decision, the European Parliament shall hear the representatives of the European political party or European political foundation concerned and ask ~~a committee of independent eminent persons to give an opinion on the subject within a reasonable time period~~the Advisory Committee on European Party Regulation, as defined in Article 6( 4a), to give a recommendation on the subject within two months from the request. Amendment 199 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 This committee shall consist of three members, with the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission each appointing one member within six months after the end of the first session of the European Parliament following elections to the European Parliament. The secretariat and funding of the committee shall be provided by the European Parliament.deleted Amendment 231 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) a European political party no longer meets the requirements in Article 3(1)(b) ~~following changes to its membership or following elections to the European Parliament~~, Amendment 248 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. A European political party registered in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down in this Regulation, which is represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members or has obtained at least 1% share of the vote at the last elections to the European Parliament in at least one quarter of the Member States, and which is not in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article [93] of the Financial Regulation may apply for funding from the general budget of the European Union, in accordance with the terms and conditions published by the European Parliament in a call for [contributions]. Amendment 256 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 4 4. Financial contributions or grants from the general budget of the European Union may not exceed 90% of the annual reimbursable expenditure of a European political party and 95% of the annual eligible costs indicated in the budget of a European political foundation. European political parties and European political foundations may use any unused part of the EU contribution awarded to cover reimbursable expenditure within the following two financial years after its award. Amounts unused following those two financial years shall be recovered in accordance with the Financial Regulation. Amendment 275 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 4 4. Single donations exceeding a value of EUR 12 000 that have been accepted by the European political parties and European political foundations shall be immediately reported to the European Parliament in writing and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2. Amendment 296 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 2 2. Expenditure of parties and candidates linked to campaigns conducted in the context of elections to the European Parliament shall be clearly identified as such by the European political parties in their annual financial statements. Amendment 306 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. At the latest within ~~six~~four months following the end of the financial year, European political parties and European political foundations shall submit to the Registry and to the competent national authorities in the Member States: Amendment 351 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 1. Before taking a final decision related to any of the penalties in Article 22, the European Parliament shall request an opinion from the Advisory Committee on European Party Regulation, as defined in Article 6(4a), and give the European political party or the European political foundation concerned the opportunity to present its observations and, where relevant and appropriate, to introduce the measures required to remedy the situation within a reasonable time period. Amendment 361 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) the annual financial statements and external audit reports referred to in Article 19(1), and, for the European political foundations, the final reports on the implementation of the work programmes; this information shall be published at the latest six weeks upon their reception, with all financial information provided in comparable, table-based formats, including as open data, Amendment 363 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e (e) the names of donors and their corresponding donations reported by the European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 15(2), (3) and (4), with the exception of donations from natural persons not exceeding a value of EUR 1 000 per year and per donor which shall be reported as ‘minor donations’; this information shall be published at the latest six weeks upon their reception, with all financial information provided in comparable, table-based formats, including as open data, Amendment 371 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Any information published by the Registry on the basis of paragraph 1 (c) to (g) Article shall remain publicly accessible on the website for at least five years. Amendment 401 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 1 The European Parliament shall adopt a Decision laying down the rules and procedures for implementing this Regulation, including for the establishment of the Registry and the Advisory Committee on European Party Regulation. source: PE-504.068
2	2012/0336(COD) Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union: financing of European political parties 2013/03/27 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 9 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) While financial support is awarded without an annual work programme and estimated operating budget, European political parties should justify ex post the sound use of Union funds. In particular, the authorising officer should verify if the funds have been used to pay reimbursable expenditure as established in the call for contributions within the time limits laid down in this Regulation. European political parties should make public the use of the EU contributions in a citizen- friendly, searchable database. Contributions to European political parties should be spent within two financial years following the financial year it was awarded, after which, any unspent funds should be recovered by the authorising officer. Amendment 23 # Gerald HÄFNER Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 Article 204 l – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. European political parties shall publish, at least on their website, the final report and accounts referred to in the first paragraph. source: PE-508.057
8	2012/2309(INI) Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections 2013/01/02 AFCO 8 amendments... Amendment 11 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the modification hereby called for of the distribution of seats among the Member States should not be arbitrary but should be based on a mathematical principle, to be applied in a pragmatic manner, that limits the possible losses to at most one seat for all Member States, Amendment 13 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas, in order to establish full legitimacy, it would be not appropriate to leave the allocation of seats within the European Parliament to ever new negotiations and legislation following every change in the population figures of the Member States, and whereas it is therefore imperative to calculate the distribution of seats on a longer-term basis, using a well- defined mathematical formula that establishes a clear, transparent and objective relationship between the population of each Member State and the number of seats in the European Parliament to which it is entitled, while fully complying with the requirements laid down by the Treaties, Amendment 14 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) ~~compromise" by P~~Cc. whereas the agreement on the most appropriate mathematical formula should be the result of a broad public discourse between the Institutions of the European Union, the parliament's ~~Policy Department C (PE 432.760).~~and governments of the Member States, and European citizens, and whereas the best framework for this would be a European Convention pursuant to Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union, Amendment 19 # Gerald HÄFNER Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. ~~Undertakes to submit sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term a new proposal for a decision of the~~Commits itself to submit, by 31 December 2015, a new proposal for amendment of the Treaties by way of an ordinary revision procedure pursuant to Article 48 of the Treaty on European ~~Council~~Union with the aim of establishing a system which in future, before each election to the European Parliament, will allow, whenever necessary, a reallocation of the seats amongst the Member States in an durable, objective ~~manner, based on~~and transparent manner, based on a non-linear mathematic formula that satisfies the principle of degressive proportionality as set forth in Article 1 of the decision, taking account of any increase in their number and demographic trends in their population as duly ascertained, and without excluding the possibility of reserving a number of seats to members elected on transnational lists; Amendment 38 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 1 In the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the following principles shall be respected ~~as far as possible: – the minimum and maximum numbers set by the Treaty~~: – the allocation of seats in the European Parliament shall be fully utilised t~~o ensure that the allocation of seats in the European Parliament~~he minimum and maximum numbers set by the Treaty in order to reflects as closely as possible the sizes of the respective populations of the Member States; – the ~~larger~~ratio between the population of a Member State, the greater its entitlement to a large number of seats; – the larger the population of a Member State, the greater the number of inhabitants represented by each of its Members of the European Parliamentand the number of seats of each Member State before rounding to whole numbers must vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member from a more populous Member State represents more citizens than each Member from a less populous Member State and, conversely, that no less populous Member State has more seats than a more populous Member State. Amendment 40 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 1 a (new) ~~1 See note "~~Article 1a The allocation ~~between~~to the EU Member States of ~~the~~ seats in the European Parliament ~~- Cambridge compromise" by Parliament's Policy Department C (PE 432.760)~~for the 2014-2019 parliamentary term shall follow a modified application of the population- weighted formula for seat allocation (Grimmett, Oelbermann/Pukelsheim 20121) limiting the calculated losses to one seat unless this would result in the allocation of more than 96 seats to a Member State, and omitting possible gains. Amendment 49 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 3 Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 17 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 13 Germany 96 Estonia 6 Ireland 112 Greece 21 Spain 54 France 74 Croatia 112 Italy 73 Cyprus 6 Latvia 8 Lithuania 11 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 21 Malta 6 Netherlands 26 Austria 198 Poland 510 Portugal 21 Romania 32 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 13 Finland 13 Sweden 19 United Kingdom 73 Amendment 62 # Gerald HÄFNER, Indrek TARAND Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 4 This Decision shall be revised sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019- 2024 parliamentary term with the aim of establishing a system which in future will make it possible, before each fresh election to the European Parliament, to reallocate the seats between the Member States in an durable, objective ~~manner, based on~~and transparent manner, based on a non-linear mathematic formula that satisfies the principle of degressive proportionality set forth in Article 1, taking account of any increase in their number and demographic trends in their population as duly ascertained. source: PE-504.228
2	2013/2017(BUD) 2014 budget: mandate for trilogue 2013/05/08 AFCO 2 amendments... Amendment 11 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Regrets the continued problems with the European Citizens' Initiative and emphasises the need for priority in the budget not only for the initiatives themselves but also for ~~their~~ communication, administration and support by the Commission; notes that the logistical problems have been immense and that these need to be solved in order to improve the popularity and trustworthiness of the ECIuropean Citizens' Initiatives; Amendment 18 # Gerald HÄFNER Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that the administrative costs within the EUnion in times of austerity need to reflect the reality that European citizens live under; ~~approves, therefore, the suggestions of lowering the expenditure on payments for EU staff as proposed by the Council~~underlines at the same time that with growing competences and increased responsibility, the Union needs the proper means and its own budgetary resources. source: PE-510.653

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