Annual report of the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2011

Version initale

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;

Amendement

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 establishing an instrument for direct democracy for the first time on a European level through the European Citizens’ Initiative; Or. de