| x | Regsitration & refusal | | | | | | |
| 1 | Allow ECIs that require treaty amendments to implement | | x | Preamble point 1 | x | | Revision of point 1 in preamble. Ongoing ECJ court cases. |
| 2 | Admissibility: wider range of issues | | x | | | | Beyond the competence of COM? |
| 3 | Less restrictive approach from the COM | x | | Art. 4(3) | | | Implementation issue. Point 4 & 10 in preamble. |
| 4 | Admissibility check to an independent body | | x | Art. 4 | | x | |
| 5 | Registration of parts of the ECI | | x | Art. 4 | | x | |
| 6 | Legal admissibility check at the end | | x | Art. 4(1) | | | |
| 7 | Better explaining of reasons if an ECI is refused | x | | Art. 4(3) | | x | Implementation issue. Point 4 & 10 in preamble. |
| x | Signatures collection period | | | | | | |
| 8 | Organizational and legal support for organizers (“one-stop-shop”) | x | x | Art. 4(1) | | x | New EU budget line on the ECI. Probably not enough. |
| 9 | Translation support | x | | | | x | EESC provides their services. |
| 10 | Let ECI campaigns choose the start date for signature collection | | x | Preamble point 17 + Art. 5(5) | | x | |
| 11 | Lengthen period of signature collection to 18 months | | x | Preamble point 17 + Art. 5(5) | | | |
| 12 | Lower age to 16 | | x | Preamble point 7 + Art. 3(1)(4) | | x | |
| 13 | Simplify and harmonise data requirements | | x | Art. 6 + Annex III | | x | Implementation issue, see point 2 in preamble. COM has to pressure MS to introduce the change. |
| 14 | Elimination of ID numbers requirements | | x | Preamble point 13 | | | |
| 15 | Make possible that all expatriate citizens can sign | | x | Art. 3(4) + Annex III | | x | Implementation issue. Point 1 & 3 in preamble. |
| 16 | Provide a legal status for ECI organisers | | x | | | x | Longterm. There is no legal framework to introduce that. |
| 17 | Personal liability of organisers is not unlimited | | x | Preamble point 22 + Art. 13 | | x | |
| 18 | First public hearing after 200.000 signatures in 6 months.
| x | | | | | Modification of EP’s Rules of Procedure. |
| x | Online Collection System | | | | | | |
| 19 | More staff support for OCS | x | | | | | |
| 20 | Expand the verification of OCS time from 1 month to 2 months | | x | Art. 6(3) | | | |
| 21 | Allow all ECI organisers to have their OCS hosted on COM´s server | x | | | | x | Isn’t that confirmed already? |
| 22 | User-friendly OCS | x | x | | | x | Revision of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1179/2011 |
| 23 | Allow collection of email-address of supporters within the OCS | x | x | | | x | Revision of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1179/2011 |
| 24 | Make OCS better accessible for citizens with disabilities | x | x | | | x | Implementation issue, see point 2 in preamble. Revision of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1179/2011. |
| 25 | Develop synergies with eIDAS | | x | Art. 5 | | | |
| x | Signatures verification & follow-up | | | | | | |
| 26 | Verification of signatures by one single body | | x | Preamble point 18 + Art. 6(1) + Art. 8(2) | | x | Not clear if technically possible. |
| 27 | No need to verify the signatures if it’s less than 1 million | | x | Art. 8(1) | | | |
| 28 | Include deadline for submission of statements of support (3 months) | | x | Art. 8 | | | |
| 29 | Make follow-up more serious and binding (legal act on successful ECIs within 12 months after issuing a positive opinion) | | x | Preamble point 20 + Art. 10(c) | | x | |
| 30 | Proper follow-up: in case COM fails to provide a legislative proposal within this period, the competent committee of the EP will initiate a legislative-initiative report | x | | | | | Modification of EP’s Rules of Procedure. |
| 31 | EP hearing on sucessful ECI organised by a neutral committee with experts | x | | | | x | Modification of EP’s Rules of Procedure. |
| 32 | ECI debated and voted on EP plenary session. | | | | | | Modification of EP’s Rules of Procedure. |
| 33 | National authorities should inform national parliaments on the ongoing ECI’s | x | | | | x | |
| x | Other | | | | | | |
| 34 | Increase media awareness | x | | | | x | New EU budget line on the ECI |
| 35 | More transparency in ECI funding | x | x | Art. 4(1) + Art. 9 | | x | |
