COM(2010)605 - Report on the election of Members of the European Parliament (1976 Act as amended by Decision 2002/772/EC, Euratom) and on the participation of EU citizens in elections for the European Parliament in the Member State of residence (Directive 93/109/EC)

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION Report on the election of Members of the European Parliament (1976 Act as amended by Decision 2002/772/EC, Euratom) and on the participation of European Union citizens in elections for the European Parliament in the Member State of residence (Directive 93/109/EC)
 
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reference by COM-number59 COM(2010)605 EN
Additional COM-numbers COM(2010)605
CELEX number62 52010DC0605

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Document 27-10-2010
Online publication 27-10-2010

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  • 1. 
    The Act is annexed to Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976 (OJ L 278, 8.10.1976).

     
  • 2. 
    OJ L 283, 21.10.2002.

     
  • 3. 
    EU citizens are granted the right, under Article 22 TFEU, to vote and to stand in municipal and European elections in the Member State where they reside without having the nationality, under the same conditions as nationals.

     
  • 4. 
    Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 (OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 34).

     
  • 5. 
    These Member States may impose on EU citizens from other Member States a minimum period of residence on their territory before grating them the right to vote or to stand in the elections.

     
  • 6. 
    See report COM(2007) 846.

     
  • 7. 
    See doc 11192/10 of the Council of the European Union.

     
  • 8. 
    Article 14.2 of theTreaty on European Union.

     
  • 9. 
    Article 189 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

     
  • 10. 
    The political agreement
     
  • 11. 
    Report
     
  • 12. 
    Flash Eurobarometer No 292.

     
  • 13. 
    The previous survey was carried out in 2007
     
  • 14. 
    Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia and Luxembourg.

     
  • 15. 
    Document No 17024/09 of the Council of the EU, 2 December 2009.

     
  • 16. 
    COM(97) 731.

     
  • 17. 
    COM(2000) 843.

     
  • 18. 
    Infringement proceedings were carried out against Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

     
  • 19. 
    Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Romania and Slovenia.

     
  • 20. 
    Out of EU12 Member States, this requirement has been correctly transposed only in the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia and Lithuania.

     
  • 21. 
    OJ L 283, 21.10.2002.

     
  • 22. 
    Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden and United Kingdom.

     
  • 23. 
    EU citizens are granted the right, under Article 22 TFEU, to vote and to stand in municipal and European elections in the Member State where they reside without having the nationality, under the same conditions as nationals.

     
  • 24. 
    OJ L 283, 21.10.2002.

     
  • 25. 
    The mechanism consists in exchanging data between the Member States on EU citizens registered to vote in their Member State of residence. On the basis of data sent by the Member State of residence, the Member State of origin must remove from its electoral roll the citizens concerned (or prevent them by other means from casting their vote).

     
  • 26. 
    Article 9 provides for: name, nationality, address, and locality in the home Member State where the citizen was last registered.

     
  • 27. 
    This problem was identified by Lithuania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, France, and Ireland.

     
  • 28. 
    Draft report on a proposal for modification of the 1976 Act (2007/2207(INI).

     
  • 29. 
    Article 223(1) TFEU.

     
  • 30. 
    The Act is annexed to Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976 (OJ L 278, 8.10.1976).

     
  • 31. 
    OJ L 283, 21.10.2002.

     
  • 32. 
    EU citizens are granted the right, under Article 22 TFEU, to vote and to stand in municipal and European elections in the Member State where they reside without having the nationality, under the same conditions as nationals.

     
  • 33. 
    Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 (OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 34).

     
  • 34. 
    These Member States may impose on EU citizens from other Member States a minimum period of residence on their territory before grating them the right to vote or to stand in the elections.

     
  • 35. 
    See report COM(2007) 846.

     
  • 36. 
    See doc 11192/10 of the Council of the European Union.

     
  • 37. 
    Article 14.2 of theTreaty on European Union.

     
  • 38. 
    Article 189 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

     
  • 39. 
    The political agreement
     
  • 40. 
    Report
     
  • 41. 
    Flash Eurobarometer No 292.

     
  • 42. 
    The previous survey was carried out in 2007
     
  • 43. 
    Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia and Luxembourg.

     
  • 44. 
    Document No 17024/09 of the Council of the EU, 2 December 2009.

     
  • 45. 
    COM(97) 731.

     
  • 46. 
    COM(2000) 843.

     
  • 47. 
    Infringement proceedings were carried out against Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

     
  • 48. 
    Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Malta, Romania and Slovenia.

     
  • 49. 
    Out of EU12 Member States, this requirement has been correctly transposed only in the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia and Lithuania.

     
  • 50. 
    OJ L 283, 21.10.2002.

     
  • 51. 
    Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden and United Kingdom.

     
  • 52. 
    EU citizens are granted the right, under Article 22 TFEU, to vote and to stand in municipal and European elections in the Member State where they reside without having the nationality, under the same conditions as nationals.

     
  • 53. 
    OJ L 283, 21.10.2002.

     
  • 54. 
    The mechanism consists in exchanging data between the Member States on EU citizens registered to vote in their Member State of residence. On the basis of data sent by the Member State of residence, the Member State of origin must remove from its electoral roll the citizens concerned (or prevent them by other means from casting their vote).

     
  • 55. 
    Article 9 provides for: name, nationality, address, and locality in the home Member State where the citizen was last registered.

     
  • 56. 
    This problem was identified by Lithuania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, France, and Ireland.

     
  • 57. 
    Draft report on a proposal for modification of the 1976 Act (2007/2207(INI).

     
  • 58. 
    Article 223(1)
     
  • 59. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
  • 60. 
    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
  • 61. 
    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
  • 62. 
    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
  • 63. 
    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.