An Act to implement Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative

(1) For the purposes of Article 15(1) and Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative (OJ L 65, 11.03.2011) (hereinafter, ‘the regulation on the citizens’ initiative’), the competent authority to certify the compliance of the online system for collecting statements of support is the Data Protection Inspectorate.

(2) When scrutinising the security requirements presented to the online system for collecting statements of support, the Data Protection Inspectorate co-operates with the Government Information Systems Board.

(3) The organisers of the citizens’ initiative submit to the Data Protection Inspectorate documents on the basis of which it is possible to certify the online system for collecting statements of support as compliant with the requirements of the regulation on the citizens’ initiative.

(4) In order to issue the certificate referred to in subsection 3 of this section in respect of an online system for collecting statements of support, the Data Protection Inspectorate is entitled to demand that the organisers of the citizens’ initiative present it with the relevant documents and other needful information, and to make copies of those documents.

(5) The one-month time-limit provided in Article 6(3) of the regulation on the citizens’ initiative starts to run when all documents which are needed for the certification have been submitted. If the organisers do not submit any document or information which the Data Protection Inspectorate has demanded within three business days from the presentation of the corresponding demand, the Data Protection Inspectorate refuses to issue the certificate concerning the online system for collecting statements of support.

(6) The Minister of Justice may, by regulation, establish the procedure for certifying online systems for collecting statements of support.

(1) For the purposes of Article 15(2) and Article 8(2) of the regulation on the citizens’ initiative, the authority competent to arrange the verification and certification of statements of support is the Ministry of the Interior.

(2) Statements of support are verified on the basis of the particulars submitted in Annex III of the regulation on the citizens’ initiative, in accordance with the information in the population register. Statements of support may be verified by means of spot checks.

25.02.2013 15:08

Correction of error in the original text—the typing mistake in the word Toetusavaldusi has been corrected. Correction performed in accordance with subsection 3 of section 10 of the Riigi Teataja Act, following application no. 1-6/13-30/2 of 25.02.2013 of the Chancellery of the Riigikogu.

(3) The Minister for Regional Affairs may, by regulation, establish the procedure for verification and certification of statements of support.