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Written declarations: the concept


A written declaration is a text of a maximum of 200 words on a matter falling within the European Union’s sphere of activities.
Written declarations are printed in all the official languages, distributed and entered in a register.
MEPs can use written declarations to launch or relaunch a debate on a subject that comes within the EU’s remit.

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Written declarations
 

Result(s) : 15

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Written declaration on tackling multiple sclerosis in Europe

Date :09-05-2012

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P7_DCL(2012)0020 Ongoing

Petru Constantin LUHAN, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Ádám KÓSA, Riikka MANNER, Marisa MATIAS

Date opened : 09-05-2012
Lapse date : 13-09-2012
Number of signatories : 180 - 24-05-2012

plenary.wai.documents :

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Written declaration on open and collaborative government

Date :09-05-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0019 Ongoing

Gianni PITTELLA, Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Marisa MATIAS, Katarína NEVEĎALOVÁ, Marietje SCHAAKE

Date opened : 09-05-2012
Lapse date : 13-09-2012
Number of signatories : 43 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration in support of the memory of and in recognition of Václav Havel, former President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic and defender of human rights

Date :17-04-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0018 Ongoing

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Alexander ALVARO, Edit HERCZOG, Zuzana ROITHOVÁ

Date opened : 17-04-2012
Lapse date : 17-07-2012
Number of signatories : 102 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration on education and religious discrimination in Pakistan

Date :17-04-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0017 Ongoing

Elmar BROK, Margrete AUKEN, Ryszard CZARNECKI, Cornelis de JONG, Kristiina OJULAND

Date opened : 17-04-2012
Lapse date : 17-07-2012
Number of signatories : 36 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration on international trade as a means of securing sustainable economic development and protecting consumers

Date :17-04-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0016 Ongoing

Joseph DAUL, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Niccolò RINALDI, Gianluca SUSTA

Date opened : 17-04-2012
Lapse date : 17-07-2012
Number of signatories : 135 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration on the need to abandon the euro and return to national currencies

Date :12-03-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0015 Ongoing

Mario BORGHEZIO, Magdi Cristiano ALLAM, Philippe de VILLIERS, Nigel FARAGE, Francesco Enrico SPERONI

Date opened : 12-03-2012
Lapse date : 14-06-2012
Number of signatories : 21 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration on the recognition of multiple chemical sensitivity and electrohypersensitivity in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)

Date :12-03-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0014 Ongoing

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Kriton ARSENIS, Willy MEYER, Michèle RIVASI, Oreste ROSSI

Date opened : 12-03-2012
Lapse date : 14-06-2012
Number of signatories : 110 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration on establishing 13 December as European Day against sexual abuse of children

Date :12-03-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0013 Ongoing

Tanja FAJON, Roberta ANGELILLI, Cecilia WIKSTRÖM

Date opened : 12-03-2012
Lapse date : 14-06-2012
Number of signatories : 108 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration on deforestation in the European Union

Date :12-03-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0012 Ongoing

George Sabin CUTAŞ, Gaston FRANCO, Satu HASSI, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Date opened : 12-03-2012
Lapse date : 14-06-2012
Number of signatories : 106 - 24-05-2012

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Written declaration on establishing a European cardiac arrest awareness week

Date :12-03-2012

plenary.wai.references :

P7_DCL(2012)0011 Ongoing

Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, João FERREIRA, Jim HIGGINS, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA

Date opened : 12-03-2012
Lapse date : 14-06-2012
Number of signatories : 355 - 24-05-2012

 
   
Written declarations : adoption procedure
 
  • A group of up to five MEPs can submit a written declaration by presenting a text to be signed by their colleagues.
  • If the declaration is signed by a majority of the MEPs, it is forwarded to the President, who announces it in plenary.
  • At the end of the part-session, the declaration is forwarded to the institutions named in the text, together with the names of the signatories.
  • It is included in the minutes of the sitting at which it is announced.
  • Publication in the minutes closes the procedure.
  • For further information see : Rules of Procedure: Rules 123, 149
Written declarations: distribution
 
  • Written declarations are printed and posted on a board at the entrance to the Chambers in Strasbourg and Brussels.
  • Declarations are also published on Parliament’s website.
Written declarations: time limit for adoption
 
  • Declarations lapse after three months in the register if they have not been signed by at least half the MEPs.