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  "legislation": "eur/2012/268",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 268/2012 of 25 January 2012 amending Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-268",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 268/2012\nof 25 January 2012\namending Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 provides that, in at least one quarter of Member States, the minimum number of signatories of a citizens’ initiative should correspond to the number of the Members of the European Parliament elected in each Member State, multiplied by 750. Those minimum numbers are set out in Annex I of the Regulation.\n(2)\nThe composition of the European Parliament has been modified by the Protocol amending the Protocol on transitional provisions annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, which entered into force on 1 December 2011.\n(3)\nAnnex I of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 should be amended accordingly.\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ C 263, 29.9.2010, p. 1."
    }
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