Demands in EP Resolution

         Action needed/revision required

Maximise communication efforts; public awareness; information campaigns on ECI (by COM and MS)

• No revision needed
• EU budget line has been dedicated to the implementation of ECI (decided by EP and Council on 11/2015)
• Information campaigns require political action by COM and MS

Guidance for ECI organisers via Europe Direct Contact Centres (and/or consider independent bodies or dedicated ECI offices in MS)

• No revision needed
• Ought to be specified in Art. 4(1) (current wording: “COM shall establish a point of contact which provides information and assistance”)

Detailed guidelines on interpretation of legal bases of ECIs during registration

• No revision needed
• Ought to be added to Art. 4 regarding registration procedure

Transparency in admissibility check (due to potential conflict of interest in COM)

• No revision needed
• Preamble 10 says “COM should deal with registration in accordance with the general principles of good administration” – needs proper implementation

Provide detailed reasons and possible remedies upon refusal to register ECIs (complaints have been made to Ombudsman that this has not been the case)

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• No revision needed
• Need proper implementation of Art. 4(3) to provide more detailed evidence and motivated arguments for refusal