Treaty references
Treaty on European Union, Article 11(4)
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 24
Rules
General rules (from 1 January 2020) – Regulation (EU) 2019/788
Rules on online signature collection (from 1 January 2020) – Regulation (EU) 2019/1799
Initiatives that were registered up until 31 December 2019 are still partly governed by the old rules:
- General rules – Regulation (EU) No 211/2011
- Online signature collection – Regulation (EU) No 1179/2011
Notice on transitional arrangements on the new Regulation on the European citizens’ initiative, applicable as of 1 January 2020:
- български
- Español
- čeština
- dansk
- Deutsch
- eesti
- ελληνικά
- français
- Gaeilge
- hrvatski
- italiano
- latviešu
- lietuvių
- magyar
- Malti
- Nederlands
- polski
- português
- română
- slovenčina
- slovenščina
- suomi
- svenska
See also History of the European citizens’ initiative.
Commission review
The European Commission is required to periodically review how the European citizens’ initiative is working. It sets out its findings in reports to the European Parliament and the Council.
The Commission adopted its first report on the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/788 on 6 December 2023.
The reports on the application of the first ECI Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) are available on the History page of the European citizens’ initiative.
Expert group
The role of the expert group is to coordinate with EU countries how the European citizens’ initiative is implemented.
The group is composed of representatives from the relevant national authorities, in most cases the authorities responsible for verification and certification of statements of support.
More information on the meetings of the expert group.
