Rainer WIELAND

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Constituencies

Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

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Groups

PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/21 - 9999/12/31

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EP staff

Vice-President of European Parliament 2012/01/18 - 9999/12/31
Member of Parliament's Bureau 2012/01/18 - 9999/12/31

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Committees

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

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2010/10/20	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2009/07/16	2010/10/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Member of	Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society	2006/01/19	2007/06/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2004/07/21	2004/07/21
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Petitions	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	1999/09/01	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Development and Cooperation	1999/07/21	1999/08/31
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights	1999/05/07	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection	1997/10/17	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Petitions	1997/10/17	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities	1997/10/23	1999/05/06
Substitute of	Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights	1997/10/17	1999/05/06
Substitute of	Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights	1997/10/17	1999/05/06
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection	1997/10/17	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Petitions	1997/10/17	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities	1997/10/23	1999/05/06
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights	1999/05/07	1999/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Petitions	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Development and Cooperation	1999/07/21	1999/08/31
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	1999/09/01	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2004/07/21	2004/07/21
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Member of	Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society	2006/01/19	2007/06/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	2009/09/16	9999/12/31

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2004/09/15	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	2007/03/26	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with India	2007/03/15	2007/03/25
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	2004/09/15	2006/12/31
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	2002/02/06	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee	2002/03/07	2004/04/30
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1999/09/14	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee	1999/11/11	2002/01/14
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1997/10/23	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	1999/02/24	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	1997/12/01	1999/02/23
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Russia	1997/10/17	1997/11/30
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Russia	1997/10/17	1997/11/30
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1997/10/23	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	1997/12/01	1999/02/23
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	1999/02/24	1999/07/19
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1999/09/14	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee	1999/11/11	2002/01/14
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	2002/02/06	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee	2002/03/07	2004/04/30
Member of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2004/09/15	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	2004/09/15	2006/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with India	2007/03/15	2007/03/25
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee	2007/03/26	2009/07/13

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Europäisches Parlament
Rue Wiertz
Altiero Spinelli 10E130
B-1047 Brüssel

Rapporteur

Shadow	2011/2257(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 196: provisions concerning plenary sittings applicable in committee
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)
Responsible	2008/2072(INI)	Special report from the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament following the draft recommendation to the Council of the European Union in complaint 1487/2005/GG
Opinion	2005/0245(COD)	Community payments market: common framework for the integration and the rationalisation of national payment systems (amend. Directives 97/7/EC, 2000/12/EC and 2002/65/EC)
Opinion	2005/0128(CNS)	Strengthening the criminal law framework to combat intellectual property offences. Framework Decision
Opinion	2005/0127(COD)	Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights
Responsible	2004/2090(INI)	Deliberations of the Committee of petitions in 2003 and 2004
Opinion	2001/2197(COS)	Monitoring the application of Community law. 18th annual report 2000, 19th annual report 2001
Opinion	2001/2040(REG)	EP Rules of procedure: general revision
Opinion	2001/0174(COD)	Cross-border payments in euro: reducing bank charges
Opinion	2001/0063(CNS)	Manufactured tobacco: structure and rates of excise duty (amend. Directives 92/79/EEC, 92/80/EEC, 95/59/EC)
Responsible	2001/0004(COD)	Machinery, lifts: marketing, safety, health and consumers protection (repeal. Directive 98/37/EC, amend. Directive 95/16/EC). Recast
Opinion	2000/2018(COS)	Internal market: small value or retail cross-border payments
Opinion	1997/2244(COS)	EC Treaty procedures under Article 189b, codecision: revision following the Amsterdam Treaty
Responsible	1997/0345(COD)	Professional qualifications, recognition: doctor, dentist, architect...(amend. direct. 89/48/EEC, 92/51/EEC)

Born

1957/02/19 Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt

Studied law; under articles in Tübingen, Heidelberg and Stuttgart.
Local chair of Junge Union, Gerlingen (1975-1980); chair of the Ludwigsburg JU district association (1981-1983); district vice-chair of the North Württemberg JU (1985-1988); district vice-chair of the North Württemberg JU (1990-1992); member, CDU Federal Party Committee (1983-1991); Member, North Württemberg CDU District Association (since 1991). Chair, Ludwigsburg CDU District Association (since 1993). Chairman of the Baden-Württemberg branch of the all-party Europa Union (since 2001).
Member, Gerlingen Municipal Council (1984-1998). Member, Ludwigsburg District Council (1984-1998). Member, Stuttgart Regional Association Assembly (since 1994).
Member of the European Parliament (since 1997).
Vice-President of European Movement International (EMI) (2008-2011).
President of the all-party Europa Union Germany (since 2011).

Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
18	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 12 amendments... Amendment 39 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital M M. across the 27 States the minimum age for eligibility to stand as a candidate now varies between 18 and 25, and for eligibility to vote between 16 and 18; it is important to encourage young people to participate in elections,(Does not affect English version.) Amendment 52 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital T T. Parliament's electoral procedure must ~~1 Declaration of 3 June 2005 by Representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council. 2 Declaration of 3 June 2005 by Representa~~, as does the procedure for the nomination of candidates by partives ~~of the Member States meeting within the Council.~~at national level, uphold the practice of free, fair and secret elections, achieve overall proportionality of representation, and be durable and comprehensible, Amendment 84 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Repeats its proposal to bring forward the timing of the election from June to May; calls on the Council, after consulting Parliament, to determine the date of the 2014 European elections by 31.12.2011 at the latest; Amendment 86 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 ~~5. Urges States and political parties to promote the better representation of women and ethnic minority candidates at both the EU and the national level;~~deleted Amendment 93 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that, in view of Article 17(7) of the Lisbon Treaty and the fact that the European public knows more about Members of the European Commission than they used to, the candidature and eligibility of Commissioners-in-office and members of other bodies in Article 7 of the ‘Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage’ of 20 September 1976 should be regulated in such a way that no short-term and short-lasting personnel reshuffles are carried out in the time context of a European Parliament election and institutional appointments; Amendment 98 # Rainer WIELAND Rule 14 – paragraph 2 2. The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. 2a. Theyre shall ~~not exceed~~be seven hundred and fifty ~~in number, plus the President~~one seats allocated to constituencies established in the Member States. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats. The ~~European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composi~~distribution of those seats among the States shall be reviewed regularly in accordance with a formula based on the Union population of the States. The population statistics as at the end of the third calendar year before each European election submitted by the Member States and by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) will be examined jointly by the Council and the European Parliament by the end of the second calendar year at the latest, using objective criteria, and established by the Council, acting unanimously after Parliament has given its consent, as the basis for the calculations. In the event of accessions, new Member States will, until the regular elections of the whole European Parliament~~, respecting the principles referred to in the first subparagraph~~ following their accession, be assigned a number of seats over and above the ceiling of 750 Members corresponding to the number which would have been obtained from a complete calculation which included the new Member States at the time of the previous European elections. The population figure to be used for this purpose will be that which obtained at the end of the third calendar year before accession. 2b. In addition, there shall be twenty-five seats allocated to a single constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union. Amendment 108 # Rainer WIELAND Article 9 ~~During the sessions of the European Parliament, its Members shall enjoy: (a) in the territory of their own State, the immunities accorded to m~~1. Any restriction of a Member’s personal freedom shall be permitted only with the consent of the European Parliament, except where he/she is caught in the act of committing an offence. 1 a) The same applies to any legal action that seeks to bring a Member's of their parliament; (b) in the territory of any other Member State, immunity from any measure of detention and from legal proceedings. Immunity shall likewise apply to Members while they are travelling to and from the place of mmandate to an end. 2. The seizure of a Member’s documents or electronic records or the searching of his/her person, office or place of residence or interception of his/her mail and telephone calls may be ordered only with the consent of the European Parliament. 3. A Member shall be entitled to decline to give evidence about information which that Member has obtained in the exercise of his/her mandate or about persons from or to whom he/she has obtained or given such information. 4. Investigations or criminal proceetding ~~of the European Parliament. Immunity cannot be claimed when a Member is found in the act of committing an offence and shall not prevent the European Parliament from exercising its right to~~s against a Member shall be suspended at the request of the European Parliament; insofar as the opening of such proceedings in accordance with a Member State's provisions against members of its parliament require the waiver of immunity, the European Parliament shall be responsible for waiveing the immunity of one of its Members, deciding on the basis of a request from the competent national authorities. 5. Consent pursuant to paragraph 2 may be applied for only by the authorities competent under national law. Amendment 116 # Rainer WIELAND Article 2 a (new) Article 2a 1. For the purposes of distributing seats between Member States in accordance with the principle of degressive proportionality pursuant to Article 14(2a) of the Treaty on European Union, the seats allocated to each Member State shall be distributed on the basis of the Union population of the States in accordance with the procedure described below. 2. Each Member State will first be assigned 6 seats. 3. The remaining seats, up to the ceiling of 750, will be assigned to the individual Member States on the basis of their population statistics using the 'd'Hondt system'. Member States which have attained a maximum of 96 seats in total will no longer be taken into account in the further allocation. Amendment 121 # Rainer WIELAND Article 3 1. Member States may set a minimum threshold for the allocation of seats distributed in national and/or regional constituencies. At national level this threshold may not exceed 5 per cent of votes cast. 2. The European Parliament shall be responsible for setting the minimum threshold in the constituency described in Article 2b(1). Amendment 124 # Rainer WIELAND Article 4 Each Member State may set a ceiling for ~~candidates' campaign expense~~the campaign expenses of candidates and political parties at the national and/or regional level. The electoral authority shall set a ceiling for the campaign expenses of candidates and political parties at the European Union level. The provisions of Article 3(1a) shall apply mutatis mutandis. Amendment 126 # Rainer WIELAND Article 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new) – member of a national or regional parliament with legislative powers, Amendment 133 # Rainer WIELAND Article 13 a (new) Article 13a 1. In the case of the Members elected in the Member States, and subject to the other provisions of this Act, each State shall lay down appropriate procedures for filling any seat which falls vacant during the five-year term of office referred to in Article 5 for the remainder of that period. The provisions of Article 3(1a) shall apply mutatis mutandis. 2. Where the law of a Member State provides for a temporary replacement of a member of its national parliament on maternity leave, that State may decide that such provisions are to apply mutatis mutandis to the Members of the European Parliament elected in that State. source: PE-460.673 2011/10/11 AFCO 6 amendments... Amendment 8 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital S S. Parliament’s electoral procedure must, like the procedure for the nomination of candidates by parties at national level, uphold the practice of free, fair and secret elections, achieve overall proportionality of representation, and be durable and comprehensible, Amendment 27 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point (ii) (ii) Proposes to enter into a dialogue with the European Council ~~to explore the possibility of reaching agreement on a durable and transparent mathematical formula for the apportionment of seats in Parliament respecting the criteria laid down in the Treaties and~~on the allocation of the Member States’ seats in the European Parliament; It should be founded on the following main principles: - There shall be 751 seats allocated to constituencies established in the Member States. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than 96 seats. - The distribution of those seats among the States shall be reviewed regularly in accordance with a formula based on the Union population of the States. The population statistics as at the end of the third calendar year before each European election submitted by the Member States and by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) will be examined jointly by the Council and the European Parliament by the end of the second calendar year at the latest, using objective criteria, and established by the Council, acting unanimously after Parliament has given its consent, as the basis for the calculations. - In the event of accessions, new Member States will, until the regular elections of the whole European Parliament following their accession, be assigned a number of seats over and above the ceiling of 750 Members corresponding to the number which would have been obtained from a complete calculation which included the new Member States at the time of the previous European elections. The population figure to be used for this purpose will be that which obtained at the end of the third calendar year before accession. - For the purposes of distributing seats between Member States in accordance with the principles of ~~plurality between political parties and solidarity among States;~~degressive proportionality pursuant to Article 14(2a) of the Treaty on European Union, the seats allocated to each Member State shall be distributed on the basis of the Union population of the States in accordance with the procedure described below. (a) Each Member State will first be assigned 6 seats. (b) The remaining seats, up to the ceiling of 751, will be assigned to the individual Member States on the basis of their population statistics using the d’Hondt system. Member States which have attained a maximum of 96 seats in total will no longer be taken into account in the further allocation. (c) In order to avoid unfair hardship when the number of seats for Member States is amended in accordance with the principles set out above, seats in future European elections can be allocated so that Member States with a population of less than 5% of the total EU population lose no more than one seat as compared with their total at the previous election when European Parliament elections take place. Amendment 30 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Determines to bring forward the timing of the European elections from June to May; insists that the date of the 2014 European elections be fixed by 31.03.2012 at the latest; Amendment 36 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Considers that, in view of Article 17(7) of the Lisbon Treaty and the fact that the European public knows more about Members of the European Commission than they used to, the candidature and eligibility of Commissioners-in-office and members of other bodies in Article 7 of the ‘Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage’ annexed to the Council decision of 20 September 1976 (amended version) should be regulated in such a way that no short-term and short- lasting personnel reshuffles are carried out in the time context of a European Parliament election and institutional appointments; Amendment 41 # Rainer WIELAND Article 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new) - member of a national or regional parliament with legislative powers, Amendment 43 # Rainer WIELAND Article 9 ~~During the sessions of the European Parliament, its Members shall enjoy: (a) in the territory of their own St~~1. Any restriction of a Member’s personal freedom shall be permitted only with the consent of the European Parliament, except where he/she is caught in the act of committing an offence. 1a. The spirit of paragraph 1 applies to any legal action that seeks to bring a Member’s mandate, the immunities accorded to members of their parliament; (b) in the territory of any other Member State, immunity from any measure of detention and from legal proceedings. Immunity shall likewise apply to Members while they are travelling to and from the place of o an end. 2. The seizure of a Member’s documents or electronic records or the searching of his/her person, office or place of residence or interception of his/her mail or telephone calls may be ordered only with the consent of the European Parliament. 3. A Member shall be entitled to decline to give evidence about information which that Member has obtained in the exercise of his/her mandate or about persons from or to whom he/she has obtained or given such information. 4. Investigations or criminal proceedings against a Member shall be suspended at the request of the European Parliament; insofar as the opening of such proceedings in accordance with a Member State’s domeesting of the European Parliament. Immunity cannot be claimed when a Member is found in the act of committing an offence and shall not prevent the European Parliament from exercising its right to waive the immunityc provisions require the waiver of immunity, the European Parliament shall be responsible for waiving the immunity, deciding on the basis of a request from the competent national authorities. 5. Consent pursuant to paragraph 2 may be applied for only by the authorities competent under national law. 6. Consent pursuant to paragraph 2, or suspension pursuant to paragraph 4, may be granted conditionally, for a limited period ofr on~~e of its Member~~ a restricted basis. source: PE-475.840
17	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) 2011/09/15 AFCO 17 amendments... Amendment 4 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2a (new) Detailed arrangements shall be laid down in Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. Amendment 5 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point b (b) its composition based on a balanced representation of political forces, in accordance with Parliament’s Rules of Procedure; Amendment 6 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point c (c) the time-limit for submission of its report, which shall not exceed [twelve] months from the date on which it first meets, without prejudice to extensions of time under paragraph 4. Amendment 7 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point c (c) the time-limit for submission of its report, which shall not exceed [twelve] months~~, without prejudice to exten~~ and may, by reasoned decisions of ~~time under paragraph 4~~Parliament, [twice] be extended by no more than [three] months. Amendment 8 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Parliament’s Rules of Procedure shall, for all future committees of inquiry in a given parliamentary term, lay down in advance the procedure whereby the various political groups shall have the right to propose the committee chair. Amendment 9 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 4 ~~4. The European Parliament may by reasoned decision [twice] extend the period for submission of the report of the committee of inquiry by [three] months.~~deleted Amendment 10 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – point c (c) in any event, at the close of the parliamentary term when the newly elected Parliament first meets. Amendment 11 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 3 a (new) Article 3a Renewed inquiries A temporary committee of inquiry may not be set up or re-established with regard to matters into which an inquiry has already been held by a temporary committee of inquiry until at least twelve months have elapsed since the submission of the report on that inquiry or the end of its assignment and unless any new facts have emerged. A committee may be set up in any case where new and serious facts have emerged that may be deemed likely to alter substantive findings. Amendment 12 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. Exceptionally, proceedings shall take place in camera if this is requested by [one quarter] of the members of the committee of inquiry, by an institution or a body of the Union or by national authorities concerned. Witnesses and experts ~~shall have the right to make a statement or provide testimony~~may, if they so request, be heard in camera. Amendment 13 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. After the inquiry has been closed, the final report of the committee of inquiry shall be submitted to the European Parliament, which ~~may take any appropriate action~~shall adopt or reject it without amendment. Amendment 14 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. If it adopts the report, Parliament may decide to take appropriate action. Amendment 15 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. The committee’s final report may include minority conclusions as an official part of the text, provided such conclusions are supported by at least one quarter of the committee’s members. Amendment 26 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The President of the European Parliament may announce ~~such refusals or failures in plenary and shall~~, in full or in part, the points of which formal note was taken and arrange for them announcement to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Amendment 27 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Those sanctions shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall reflect the sanctions for corresponding infringements in relation to the work of committees of inquiry in the national parliaments. Amendment 28 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. Any natural or legal person other than institutions and bodies of the Union and the Member States may submit a reasoned written complaint against a decision of the committee of inquiry, taken in application of Section 3, which is addressed to that person or of direct and individual concern to him or her. The complaint shall specify the alleged violation of Union ~~or national law~~law or of the national law applicable to the complainant. Amendment 29 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 3 3. The European Parliament shall take a reasoned decision on the complaint at the first part-session following the expiry of a period of [10 working days] from receipt of the complaint. IThe decision may include a stipulation that the complaint shall not have suspensory effect. Parliament shall notify the complainant of that decision within [10 working days] and shall inform the complainant of the remedies open to him or her, namely instituting court proceedings against the European Parliament and/or making a complaint to the European Ombudsman, under the conditions laid down in Articles 263 and 228 respectively of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Amendment 30 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 19 a (new) Article 19a Costs The travel and accommodation expenses of members and officials of the Union institutions and bodies shall be borne by those institutions and bodies. Travel and accommodation expenses of other persons who appear before a committee of inquiry shall be reimbursed by the European Parliament in accordance with the rules governing hearings of experts. source: PE-472.232
7	2010/0215(COD) Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right to information in criminal proceedings 2011/01/13 LIBE 7 amendments... Amendment 54 # Axel VOSS, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. For the purposes of this directive, the term ‘child’ shall mean any person under the age of 18. Amendment 57 # Axel VOSS, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that any person who is suspected or accused of having committed a criminal offence is provided promptly with information on his procedural rights in simple and accessible language, either orally or in writing. Amendment 60 # Axel VOSS, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include as a minimum: – the right ~~of access to a lawyer, where necessary~~to interpreting and translation, – the right of access to legal assistance and the conditions for access to legal assistance free of charge, – the right to be informed of the charge ~~and, where appropriate,~~, – the right to be given access to the case- file~~, – the right to interpretation and translation~~ and to the evidence, including evidence held by the authorities, insofar as this does not compromise investigations, – the right to remain silent, – the right to request the collection of evidence, – the right to be brought promptly before a court if the suspected or accused person is arrested. Amendment 82 # Axel VOSS, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new) In addition to the information to be given under Article 3(2), the person deprived of liberty shall be informed of the following: a) for how many hours/days he or she may be deprived of liberty before being brought before a judicial authority; b) how to challenge the arrest and how to secure a review of his or her detention; c) the maximum period he or she may legally be held in pre-trial detention. Amendment 91 # Axel VOSS, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that a suspected or accused person is provided with sufficient information about the charge to ~~safeguard the fairness of the criminal proceedings~~effectively exercise his or her right of defence. Amendment 94 # Axel VOSS, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. The information required pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be delivered ~~promptly and in detail and~~ in a language that the suspected or accused person understands. In the case of a child or a person with a mental disability, information about the ~~charges~~accusation shall be provided in a manner a~~dap~~ppropriated to his age, level of maturity and intellectual and emotional capacbilities. Amendment 96 # Axel VOSS, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. The information ~~to be given~~ shall include~~: (a)~~, at least, a description of the circumstances in which the offence was committed, including the time, place and degree of participation in the offence by the suspected or accused person ~~and (b) the nature and legal classification of the offence~~. source: PE-454.671
2	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 2 amendments... Amendment 11 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a decision Paragraph 6 – point b (b) the scope of the register, which covers all relevant actors but excludes, among others, – particularly in paragraphs 11, 12 and 13 – social partners as actors in the social dialogue, as well as churches, political parties and local, regional and municipal authorities; Amendment 25 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a decision Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines that the representations and other bodies maintained by the actors listed in paragraphs 11, 12 and 13 must be given preferential treatment when implementing paragraphs 13 to 27 of the agreement, with particular regard to paragraph 17; source: PE-462.714
7	2011/0136(COD) Orphan works: permitted uses 2011/10/28 JURI 7 amendments... Amendment 85 # Angelika NIEBLER, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 1. This Directive concerns certain uses of orphan works undertaken by publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments or museums as well as by archives, film heritage institutions, publishers of the works listed in point 1 of paragraph 2 and public service broadcasting organizations. Amendment 87 # Angelika NIEBLER, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. This Directive applies to ~~works~~the use by the establishments referred to in paragraph 1 of works from their own archives which were first published or broadcast in a Member State and which are: Amendment 95 # Angelika NIEBLER, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point 3 (3) Cinematographic, audio or audiovisual works produced by public service broadcasting organisations ~~before the 31 December 2002~~ and contained in their archives. Amendment 103 # Angelika NIEBLER, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. Where a work has more than one rightholder, and at least one of the rightholders has not been identified ~~and~~or located, that work shall ~~not~~ be considered an orphan work. The rights of known or identified rightholders shall not be affected. Amendment 117 # Angelika NIEBLER, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 3 3. A diligent search is required to be carried out only inon the territory of the Member State of first publication or broadcast. If there is evidence to suggest that rightholders from the territory of other Member States were involved in the creation of the work, the diligent search shall be deemed to have been concluded only if it also encompassed the territories of those Member States. Amendment 128 # Angelika NIEBLER, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 5 If a work considered to be orphan has only one rightholder, Member States shall ensure that athat rightholder ~~in a work considered to be orphan~~ has, at any time, the possibility of putting an end to the orphan status; if a work considered to be orphan has more than one rightholder, its status as an orphan work may be brought to an end only if all the rightholders have been identified and located, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2(2). Amendment 141 # Angelika NIEBLER, Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. If, in the case of an orphan work, one or more rightholders has been identified but not located, the name(s) of the rightholder(s) shall be indicated every time a work is used. source: PE-475.839
13	2011/0154(COD) Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and right to communicate upon arrest 2011/11/17 JURI 13 amendments... Amendment 15 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Title 1 ~~Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest~~does not affect the English version Amendment 16 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Title 1 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate ~~upon~~in the event of arrest Amendment 21 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 2 a (new) Article 2a Definitions For the purpose of this Directive: (a) "child" means a person below the age of 18 years; (b) "lawyer" means a person who is entitled under national legislation to assist in all stages of criminal proceedings. Amendment 22 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 1. This Directive applies ~~from the tim~~in cases where a person is made aware by the competent authorities of a Member State, by official notification or otherwise, that he is suspected or accused of having committed a criminal offence until the conclusion of the proceedings, which is understood to mean the final determination of the question whether the suspected or accused person has committed the offence, including, where applicable, sentencing and the resolution of any appeal. Amendment 23 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 2 a (new) Article 2a Content of the right of access to a lawyer 1. The suspect or accused person shall have the right at all stages of the proceedings to request to meet with the lawyer representing him. 2. The lawyer shall have the right to be present at any questioning and hearing. He shall have the right to ask questions, request clarification and make statements, which shall be recorded in accordance with national law. 3. The lawyer shall have the right to be present at any other investigative or evidence-gathering act at which the suspect or accused person’s presence is required or permitted as a right, in accordance with national law, unless this would prejudice the acquisition of evidence. 4. The lawyer shall have the right to check the conditions in which the suspect or accused person is detained and to this end shall have access to the place where the person is detained. 5. The duration and frequency of meetings between the suspect or accused person and his lawyer shall not be limited in any way that may prejudice the exercise of his rights of defence. Amendment 24 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. ~~Member States shall ensure~~If and to the extent that suspects ~~and~~or accused persons are ~~granted~~quest access to a lawyer, Member States shall ensure that they can have such access as soon as possible and in any event: Amendment 27 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 4 Content of the right of access to a lawyer 1. The suspect or accused person shall have the right to meet with the lawyer representing him. 2. The lawyer shall have the right to be present at any questioning and hearing. He shall have the right to ask questions, request clarification and make statements, which shall be recorded in accordance with national law. 3. The lawyer shall have the right to be present at any other investigative or evidence-gathering act at which the suspect or accused person’s presence is required or permitted as a right, in accordance with national law, unless this would prejudice the acquisition of evidence. 4. The lawyer shall have the right to check the conditions in which the suspect or accused person is detained and to this end shall have access to the place where the person is detained. 5. The duration and frequency of meetings between the suspect or accused person and his lawyer shall not be limited in any way that may prejudice the exercise of his rights of defence.deleted Amendment 35 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 6 a (new) Article 6a Information 1. Member States shall ensure that suspects and accused persons are informed, without delay and in an understandable form, about their right of access to a lawyer and the fact that the right continues to apply at all subsequent stages of the proceedings even if they did not exercise it at an earlier stage. Without prejudice to national law that requires the mandatory presence or assistance of a lawyer, any waiver of the right to a lawyer referred to in this Directive shall be subject to the following conditions: a) the suspect or accused person has received prior legal advice on the consequences of the waiver or has otherwise obtained full knowledge of these consequences; b) he has the necessary capacity to understand these consequences; and c) the waiver is given voluntarily and unequivocally. 2. A record shall be kept, in accordance with the law of the Member State concerned, of the suspect’s or accused person’s having been informed about the right of access to a lawyer. The waiver and the circumstances in which it was given shall be recorded in accordance with the law of the Member State concerned. 3. Member States shall ensure that a waiver can be subsequently revoked at any stage of the proceedings. Amendment 37 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Member States shall not derogate from any of the provisions of this Directive save, in exceptional circumstances, from Article 3, Article 4 paragraphs 1 to 3, and Articles 5 ~~and Article 6~~to 7. Any such derogation: Amendment 38 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a) shall be justified by ~~compelling reasons pertaining to~~ the urgent need to avert serious adverse consequences for the life or physical integrity of a person; Amendment 39 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. Without prejudice to national law that requires the mandatory presence or assistance of a lawyer, any waiver of the right to a lawyer referred to in this Directive shall be subject to the following conditions: a) the suspect or accused person has received prior legal advice on the consequences of the waiver or has otherwise obtained full knowledge of these consequences; b) he has the necessary capacity to understand these consequences and c) the waiver is given voluntarily and unequivocally.deleted Amendment 43 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [24 months after ~~publication of this Directive in the Official Journal~~its entry into force] at the latest. Amendment 44 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 This Directive shall enter into force onat the ~~twentieth day~~beginning of the second month following ~~that of~~ its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. source: PE-475.965
3	2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights 2012/01/20 PETI 3 amendments... Amendment 15 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the Lisbon Treaty enhanced the concept of EU citizenship and the rights derived therefrom; whereas the formulation of those rights is also driven by case law; Amendment 18 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. welcoming the case law of the European Court of Justice as regards the interpretation of Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which emphasises in the ERT ruling that the institutions of the Member States are also bound by the overriding fundamental rights of the Union if they wish to use national measures to restrict the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU); Amendment 45 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas ~~discrimination on the grounds of nationality was vigorously denounced by petitioners in the case of the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt), which - according to the petitions received –~~petitioners accuse the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) of discriminatesing against the non-German spouse in mixed marriages;. source: PE-480.601
1	2011/2257(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 196: provisions concerning plenary sittings applicable in committee 2012/02/29 AFCO 1 amendments... Amendment 4 # Rainer WIELAND Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 196 Rules 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 36 to 44, 148, 149(2) and (10), 152, 154, 156 to 159, 161, 163(1), 164~~, 165, 168,~~ to 169, 171 to 174, 177 and 178 shall apply mutatis mutandis to committee meetings. source: PE-483.731
19	2011/2317(INI) Annual Report of the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2011 2012/05/24 PETI 19 amendments... Amendment 2 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) A. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union has acquired legally binding force through the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon; Amendment 4 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the right of citizens to petition the European Parliament has already been enshrined in the Treaty since the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty on 1 November 1993; Amendment 6 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital B B. ~~whereas – subject to Protocol 30 of the Treaty – the Charter of Fundamental Rights has become legally binding since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009;~~ whereas the Lisbon Treaty also establishes the legal basis for the EU to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as the European Citizens’ Initiative; Amendment 11 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the Committee on Petitions has the duty to constantly review and, where possible, to enhance its role, notably with regard to the development of democratic principles, and whereas in its regular activity the Committee works closely with the Commission acting as the ‘Guardian of the Treaty’ ~~which defines the Commission’s role and prevents it from intervening in matters not covered by EU legislation~~; Amendment 13 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. welcomes the case law of the European Court of Justice on the interpretation of Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which emphasises in respect of the Equal Rights Trust that the institutions of the Member States shall be bound by the overriding fundamental rights of the Union even if they wish to use national measures to restrict the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU); Amendment 16 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas European citizens and residents have legitimate expectations that the issues they raise with the Committee on Petitions may find a solution within the legal framework of the European Union, which they look upon to uphold their rights as citizens of the Union, in particular to defend their natural environment, health, freedom of movement, dignity and fundamental rights; Amendment 25 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital G G. considering that individuals and local communities, as well as voluntary associations and businesses, are well placed to assess the effectiveness of European legislation as it applies to them, and to signal possible loopholes that need to be analysed in order to ensure better, more uniform and comparable implementation of EU law in all the Member States; Amendment 45 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas the judgment of the EU Tribunal of 14 September 2011 in case T- 308/07 upheld the petitioner’s (0095/2007) complaint against the Committee’s decision to declare his petition inadmissible and in so doing laid down clear parameters for dealing with petitions which are declared inadmissiblemade it clear that procedural decisions by Parliament in relation to petitions are also subject to legal review; Amendment 46 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new) Qa. whereas the efficiency of the Committee’s work is largely characterised by swiftness and thoroughness and could be further improved in particular by optimising the time taken to process petitions and by systematising the procedure for their assessment; Amendment 50 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Confirms the key role of the Committee on Petitions in identifying non-judicial remedies for citizens, inby providing a reality check on the way in which the European Union is seen by the people of Europe, ~~and as a reflection of citizens’ views~~enabling conclusions to be drawn regarding whether European legislation actually delivers the expected result and responds to what people expect of the Union; Amendment 57 # Rainer WIELAND 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~~; welcomes the increased opportunities available to Parliament to take a more independent approach in relation to issues raised by citizens through the instrument of the committees of inquiry; Amendment 65 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a (new) (a) Calls on the Committee on Petitions to examine the effects of the Equal Rights Trust case law on the reliability of petitions and to investigate the question of what actual obstacles exist for citizens of the Union in obtaining a reliable interpretation of central issues under European legislation in cases before the national courts by applying for a preliminary ruling from the European Court of Justice; Amendment 96 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges the Spanish Government to revise the Ley de Costas in such a way as to guarantee title to those who have properly 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 ensures due process~~, a right of appeal~~ with interim legal protection, a right of appeal, access to the preliminary ruling procedure of the European Court of Justice, proper compensation, and the right to information and which protects against retroactive or discriminatory actions; Amendment 104 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – point a (new) (a) Is determined to make the petition procedure more efficient, transparent, and impartial, while preserving the participatory rights of the Members of the Committee on Petitions, so that the handling of petitions will stand up to judicial review even at a procedural level; Amendment 105 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – point b (new) (b) Emphasises the need for continuity in processing petitions, despite changes in legislative periods and the resulting changes in personnel; Amendment 106 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – point c (new) (c) Regards the participation of Members of Parliament in fact-finding missions not just as a participatory parliamentary right, but also as an obligation in relation to petitioners; Amendment 107 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – point d (new) (d) As part of the efforts to improve the work of the Committee, calls for a procedure involving fact-finding missions that on the one hand ensures the right of all members of a fact-finding mission to present the facts from their point of view, while also guaranteeing all Committee Members the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process in regard to the conclusions to be drawn by the Committee on Petitions; Amendment 108 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – point e (new) (e) Emphasises that the Committee on Petitions, along with other institutions and bodies, such as the committees of inquiry, the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, play an independent and clearly defined role as points of contact for each individual citizen; Amendment 109 # Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 – point f (new) (f) Calls on the Conference of Presidents to examine the extent to which an amendment to the Rules of Procedure would seem appropriate for the implementation of these formal requirements in relation to the petitioning procedure; source: PE-489.586
57	2012/0237(COD) European political parties and European political foundations: statute and funding 2013/01/18 AFCO 57 amendments... Amendment 74 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (2) ‘political alliance’ means structured cooperation between political parties ~~and/or natural persons~~ from different Member States, Amendment 77 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new) 3 a) ‘member party’ means a political party or political alliance belonging to a European political party. Amendment 78 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new) 3 b) ‘individual members’ means natural persons belonging directly to a European political party, where the statutes of the party permit this. Amendment 81 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 (5) ‘regional Parliament’ or ‘regional assembly’ means a body ~~whose members either hold a regional electoral mandate or are politically accountable to~~of a territorial entity established at the level immediately below that of the state and e~~lected assembly~~ndowed with legislative powers, Amendment 87 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) it must not pursue profit goals. Amendment 88 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b (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 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 101 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) ~~it must have participated in elections to the European Parliament, or have expressed publicly the intention to~~member parties of the political alliance must be represented in at least one third of the Member States and must have participated in ~~the nex~~past elections to the European Parliament, the national parliament or a regional parliament. Amendment 102 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e ~~(e) it must not pursue profit goals.~~deleted Amendment 103 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) (e a) In determining the number referred to in subparagraph (b) only member parties which meet the criteria under Article 4 shall be taken into account. Amendment 118 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j ~~(j) the dissolution of the entity as a recognised European political party.~~deleted Amendment 121 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) the admission, resignation and exclusion of ~~the party's~~member parties and individual members, with the list of members annexed to it, Amendment 127 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) the rights and duties associated with all types of membership, including the rules guaranteeing the representation rights of all members, ~~be they natural or legal persons,~~ and the relevant voting rights, Amendment 128 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) the functioning of a general assembly, ~~at which the representation of all members must be ensured,~~comprising delegates from the member parties, in proportion to those parties’ size, elected by those parties in a secret ballot. Where the statutes permit individual membership, suitable arrangements must be made for the representation of individual members; Amendment 130 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) the ~~democratic election of~~powers and democratic decision- making processes ofor all other governing bodies, specifying for each its powers, responsibilities and composition, and including the modalities for the appointment and dismissal of its members and clear and transparent criteria for the selection of candidates and the election of office-holders, whose mandate must be limited in time but may be renewable, and their composition; Amendment 133 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new) (d a) the arrangements for the appointment of members of all other governing bodies in a secret ballot for a period not exceeding two years, and for their re-election and removal; Amendment 134 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e (e) the ~~party's~~other internal ~~decision-making processes, in particular the voting procedures and quorum requirements,~~rules of the European political party concerning decision-making, elections, quorum requirements and amendments to the statutes; Amendment 138 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point g ~~(g) the procedure for amending the statutes.~~deleted Amendment 141 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new) (g a) the procedure for dissolution of the entity as a recognised European political party, including the necessary implementing methods. Amendment 145 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – point g (g) ~~a list of the foundation's bodies, specifying for each its powers, responsibilities and composition, and including the modalities for the appointment and dismissal of its members and managers~~the powers and democratic decision- making procedures of the foundation’s bodies and their composition, Amendment 146 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – point g a (new) (ga) the rules on the appointment of members of the foundation’s bodies by secret ballot, their re-election and their dismissal; Amendment 147 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – point g b (new) (gb) the other internal rules of the European political foundation on taking decisions, elections, quorums required and amendment of their statutes; Amendment 148 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – point j ~~(j) the procedure for amending the statutes,~~deleted Amendment 160 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 5 5. Within three months following the reception of the application for registration, the European Parliament, acting in accordance with its Rules of Procedure, 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 175 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. The European Parliament 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. Where relevant, the timing of the annual verification referred to in this paragraph shall be aligned with the application procedure for funding set out in Article 13, in order for the Registry and the Authorising Officer to coordinate and exchange information as necessary.deleted Amendment 188 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 ~~Whenever requested to do so by one quarter of~~If the European Parliament, the European Commission or the Council its members, representing at least three political groups in the European Parliament, the European Parliament shall decide by a majority of its members whether the condition in Article 3(1)(c) for a European political party and in Arof the opinion that a registered European political party or European political foundation no longer fulfils the requirements and conditions laid down in Article 3(1)(c) and Article 3(2)(h), any of those institutions may decide to refer the matter to the Court of Justicle ~~3(2)(c) for a European political foundation continues to be met~~of the European Union, which, after performing a verification, shall decide on removal from the Registry. Amendment 204 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. In all other cases governed by Articles 3, 4 and 5, the Administration of the European Parliament shall verify annually that the formal requirements and conditions continue to be met by the European political parties and European political foundations. Before any decision is taken, the European political party shall be given the opportunity to be heard. The decision may be reviewed by the Court of Justice of the European Union upon application by the European political party. Where relevant, the timing of the annual verification referred to in this paragraph shall be aligned with the application procedure for funding set out in Article 13, in order for the Registry and the Authorising Officer to coordinate and exchange information as necessary. Amendment 224 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) its ~~governing~~competent body decides to wind up the European political party or the European political foundation, Amendment 227 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) its ~~governing~~competent body decides to convert the European political party or the European political foundation into a legal entity recognised in the legal order of a Member State, Amendment 228 # Rainer WIELAND 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,~~deleted Amendment 232 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) it is removed from the Registry ~~pursuant to the provisions in Article 22(1) or (4) or in accordance with Article 7(5)~~. Amendment 244 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 3 3. A ~~European political party or a European political foundation in one of the cases provided for under paragraph 1 points (a), (b) or (c) shall have a~~ny ongoing decision on Union funding received under this Regulation ~~withdrawn~~ or any ongoing agreement on such funding ~~terminated~~shall lapse when legal status is withdrawn, and any unspent Union funding shall be recovered, including any unspent Union funds from previous years. Amendment 250 # Rainer WIELAND 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, 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 254 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 3 3. For the purposes of determining eligibility for funding from the general budget of the European Union in accordance with paragraph 1 and Article 3(1)(b), and for the application of the provisions in Article 14(1), a Member of the European Parliament shall be considered as a member of only one European political party, which shall, where relevant, be the one to which his or her national or regional political party is affiliated on the final date for the submission of applications.deleted Amendment 259 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 ~~– 15 % shall be distributed in equal shares,~~deleted Amendment 260 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1a (new) – 10% shall be distributed in proportion to the number of votes cast for them as a percentage of the total votes cast in the most recent European elections for European political parties which reached the threshold of at least 1% of the votes cast. Amendment 261 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1b (new) – 10% shall be distributed equally among the European parties concerned which are represented by at least one Member in the European Parliament. Amendment 262 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1c (new) – 80% shall be distributed in proportion to their share of elected members of the European Parliament among the beneficiary European political parties. Amendment 263 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2 ~~– 85% shall be distributed in proportion to their share of~~ delected ~~members of the European Parliament among the beneficiary European political parties.~~ Amendment 264 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 ~~The same distribution key shall be used to award funding to European political foundations, on the basis of their affiliation with a European political party.~~deleted Amendment 265 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 TIn implementing the distribution referred to in paragraph 1 ~~shall be based~~, only th~~e number of~~ose elected members in the European Parliament ~~who are members of the applicant European political party on the final~~ shall be taken into account who have been nominated, by secret ballot, by a governing body of the party in which the party’s members are represented, as candidates for ~~the submission of applications, taking into account the provisions of Article 12(3)~~election to the European Parliament. The date of the application shall be taken as the criterion for this purpose. Amendment 266 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 After this date, any changes to the number shall not affect the respective share of funding between European political parties or European political foundations~~. This is without prejudice to the requirement in Article 12(1) for the European political party to be represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members~~ in the current application period. Amendment 267 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new) For the purpose of allocating the appropriations, a Member of the European Parliament may be designated as belonging to only one European political party, which shall, where relevant, be the party to which his national or regional party is affiliated on the final date for the submission of applications. Amendment 268 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The same distribution key shall be used to award funding to European political foundations, on the basis of their affiliation with a European political party. Amendment 287 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 7 7. Contributions to a European political party from its members shall be admissible. ~~These contributions shall not exceed 40 % of the annual budget of that European political party.~~ Amendment 289 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The funding of European political parties from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source may be used to finance campaigns conducted by the European political parties in the context of the elections to the European Parliament, in ~~which they participate as required in Article 3(1)(d)~~accordance with Article 8 of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, stipulating that the funding and limitation of election expenses for all parties and candidates at elections to the European Parliament is governed in each Member State by national provisions. Amendment 291 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 In accordance with Article 8 of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament19 by direct universal suffrage, the funding and limitation of election expenses for all parties and candidates at elections to the European Parliament is governed in each Member State by national provisions.deleted Amendment 299 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 1. The funding of European political parties from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source shall not be used for the direct or indirect funding of national, regional or local elections or other political parties, and in particular national political parties or candidates.deleted Amendment 301 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 2 2. The funding of European political foundations from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source shall not be used for any other purpose than for financing their tasks as defined in Article 2 point (4) and to meet expenditure directly linked to the objectives set out in their statutes according to Article 5. It shall in particular not be used for the direct or indirect funding of European, national, regional or local elections or referendums, political parties, candidates or foundations. Amendment 302 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. The funding of European political parties and European political foundations from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source shall not be used to finance national, regional or local referenda campaigns.deleted Amendment 310 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph -1 (new) -1. Where, under the terms of this regulation, funds are withdrawn from European political parties in accordance with the Financial Regulation or fines imposed, the amounts in question shall, in accordance with Article 14, be entered additionally under appropriations for the current year. Amendment 320 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 All technical support from the European Parliament 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.deleted Amendment 323 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1a (new) All technical support from the European Parliament 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 324 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1b (new) The European Parliament shall adopt implementing provisions laying down the conditions under which political groups may, together with the European political parties which they represent in the European Parliament, organise events which could be regarded as indirect support, particularly if they are held on European Parliament premises. Amendment 325 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 c (new) In accordance with Article 24, the European Parliament 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 326 # Rainer WIELAND Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 2 In accordance with Article 24, the European Parliament 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.deleted Amendment 342 # Rainer WIELAND 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 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, while ensuring that the amount of the fine is at least twice the value of the advantage obtained. 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. Under certain circumstances, the fine may be paid in appropriate instalments. Amendment 352 # Rainer WIELAND 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 Parliamen~~ is taken, it 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. source: PE-504.068
1	2012/2020(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 15(2): order of precedence of Vice-Presidents elected by acclamation 2012/11/15 AFCO 1 amendments... Amendment 5 # Rainer WIELAND Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 15 – paragraph 1 The Vice-Presidents shall then be elected on a single ballot paper. To be valid, the ballot paper must show that more than half the available votes have been used. Those who on the first ballot, up to the number of 14, secure an absolute majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected in order of the number of votes obtained. If the number of candidates elected is less than the number of seats to be filled, a second ballot shall be held under the same conditions to fill the remaining seats. Should a third ballot be necessary, a relative majority shall suffice for election to the remaining seats. In the event of a tie the oldest candidates shall be declared elected. source: PE-498.144
4	2012/2132(INI) Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2013/04/01 JURI 4 amendments... Amendment 1 # Rainer WIELAND Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reminds the Commission of its commitment to the smart regulation agenda, and the importance of making timely and pertinent ex-post controls of EU legislation in order to manage the quality of regulation throughout the policy cycle; notes in this respect that, under Article 33 of the Directive, the Commission was under an obligation to submit the report on the application of the Directive no later than 19 December 2011; notes that the report was not submitted until 4 May 2012; encourages the Commission to assure proper and timely implementation of directives in the Member States Amendment 2 # Rainer WIELAND Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has finally presented a proposal for a directive on collective management of copyright; calls on the Commission and the Council to work together with Parliament to find a balanced solution regarding the rules applicable to collecting societies in the audiovisual sector, paying due attention to a high level of transparency, good governance and the question of music embedded in films and other audiovisual works; in this regard, calls on the Commission to ensure ~~that the requisi~~appropriate adjustments ~~are made~~ to the Audiovisual Media Services Directive in order to ~~guarantee that both Directives work well togeth~~ensure consistency between both Directives while respecting the rights of the property holder; Amendment 3 # Rainer WIELAND Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission, in its next report on the application of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, to assess whether the Member States have implemented the Directive in such a way as to pr~~eserve the necessary balance between, on the one hand,~~otect right holders' property while also safeguarding the principle of freedom of access to information~~, especially with regard to events of high interest to society and, on the other, protecting right holders' property~~; Amendment 5 # Rainer WIELAND Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the personal commitment made by Commissioner Barnier in relation to the ongoing negotiations on a Treaty on copyright limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities; calls on the Commission to ensure that aids for persons with impaired vision are ~~wide~~generally available for accessing audiovisual products and services; believes that Article 7 of the Directive should therefore be reworded in order to include stronger, binding language, requiring media service providers to ensure that their services are made available to people with disabilities; source: PE-502.190
4	2012/2309(INI) Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections 2013/01/02 AFCO 4 amendments... Amendment 20 # Constance LE GRIP, Rainer WIELAND Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Undertakes to submit ~~sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019- 2024 parliamentary term~~, before the end of 2015, a new proposal for a decision of the European Council with the aim of establishing, sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, a system which in future, before each election to the European Parliament, will allow~~, whenever necessary, a reallocation of the seats~~ the seats to be allocated amongst the Member States in an objective manner, based on 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 21 # Rainer WIELAND, Constance LE GRIP, Jo LEINEN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Undertakes to submit ~~sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term~~by the end of 2015 a new proposal for a decision of the European Council with the aim of establishing sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term a system which in future, before each election to the European Parliament, will allow~~, whenever necessary, a re~~ allocation of the seats amongst the Member States in an objective manner, based on 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 58 # Rainer WIELAND, Constance LE GRIP, Jo LEINEN Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 4 This Decision shall be revised by the end of 2015 with the aim of establishing 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 objective manner, based on 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. Amendment 59 # Constance LE GRIP, Rainer WIELAND, Jo LEINEN Proposal for a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament Article 4 This Decision shall be revised before the end of 2015 with the aim of establishing, 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 objective manner, based on 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

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