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Petitions
The petition is a communication tool that, on the basis of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Articles 20, 24 and 277) and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of EU (Article 44), individuals, organized groups and other entities can draw attention to existing issues and stimulating public debate and the response of the authorities.
Who can file petition?
- EU citizen as a natural person,
- resident of an EU Member State (natural person residing in an EU Member State),
- a legal entity with a statutory seat in the EU.
If the petition is submitted by several persons, associations or several legal entities, a High Representative must be appointed.
The petition must relate to an area of EU competence and responsibility, provided that the petitioner's petition is directly concerned, whether the matter itself is in the public or private interest:
Before starting the petition, it is necessary to check in the database of submitted petitions whether the topic of the issue has already been addressed. If the answer is in the affirmative, your petition will be rejected. The online petitions portal provides access to all pending petitions and insight into their status. The Petitions Web Portal, in addition to insight into the petitions under consideration, provides two key activities: filing petitions and expressing support for open, active petitions.
The petition can be submitted as a request or complaint in one of the official languages of the EU, namely:
On first access, online registration is required, and any subsequent visit to the official petitions website requires only a log in.
or
There is no prescribed petition form, but it must contain at least the minimum ingredients:
and encroach on the EU's field of action, otherwise it will be declared inadmissible. The petition should be addressed to
The Chair of the Petition Committee provides the petitioner with a response and justification of the decision in the case of a favorable or unfavorable resolution of the petition, as well as in the case of its rejection - substantive failure to consider. The petitioner has the right to receive a reply in the language in which the application was submitted to the institution.
The Committee on Petitions (PETI) consists of 35 members, more information on:
- nominal decision-making on individual matters,
- summaries of discussions,
- meeting documents, and
- webstreaming of the Committee,
is possible to obtain here.
Who can file petition?
- EU citizen as a natural person,
- resident of an EU Member State (natural person residing in an EU Member State),
- a legal entity with a statutory seat in the EU.
If the petition is submitted by several persons, associations or several legal entities, a High Representative must be appointed.
The petition must relate to an area of EU competence and responsibility, provided that the petitioner's petition is directly concerned, whether the matter itself is in the public or private interest:
- banking and financial services
- customs
- climate action
- the digital economy and society
- energy
- single market
- European Neighborhood Policy
- economy, finance and the euro
- home affairs
- humanitarian aid and civil protection
- institutional matters
- Education and Training
- public health
- agriculture and rural development
- competition
- culture and media
- international partnerships
- borders and security
- migration and asylum
- young
- mobility and transport
- taxation
- defense
- environment
- entrepreneurship and industry
- maritime affairs and fisheries
- consumers
- justice and fundamental rights
- fraud prevention
- traffic
- budget
- research and innovation
- regional policy
- EU enlargement
- sport
- statistics
- trade
- food safety
- space
- employment and social affairs
- foreign affairs and security policy.
Before starting the petition, it is necessary to check in the database of submitted petitions whether the topic of the issue has already been addressed. If the answer is in the affirmative, your petition will be rejected. The online petitions portal provides access to all pending petitions and insight into their status. The Petitions Web Portal, in addition to insight into the petitions under consideration, provides two key activities: filing petitions and expressing support for open, active petitions.
The petition can be submitted as a request or complaint in one of the official languages of the EU, namely:
I. online
On first access, online registration is required, and any subsequent visit to the official petitions website requires only a log in.
or
II. by post.
There is no prescribed petition form, but it must contain at least the minimum ingredients:
- name, surname and address of the petitioner,
- nationality,
- definition of the title of the application (request, appeal),
- the content of the petition,
- any annexes and relevant evidence,
- proposal for solving the problem,
- signature,
Chair of the Petitions Committee
European Parliament
1047 Brussels
Belgium
The Chair of the Petition Committee provides the petitioner with a response and justification of the decision in the case of a favorable or unfavorable resolution of the petition, as well as in the case of its rejection - substantive failure to consider. The petitioner has the right to receive a reply in the language in which the application was submitted to the institution.
The Committee on Petitions (PETI) consists of 35 members, more information on:
- nominal decision-making on individual matters,
- summaries of discussions,
- meeting documents, and
- webstreaming of the Committee,
is possible to obtain here.