Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1513 of 7 September 2022 on the request for registration of the European citizens’ initiative entitled Protect the EU’s Rural Heritage, Food Security and Supply, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2022) 6193)

Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

. To the extent that the initiative’s objective of protection of the Union’s rural heritage, food security and supply is not covered by Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, the Commission has the power to present a proposal for a legal act on the basis of Article 42 and Article 43(2) of the Treaty.

(5) For those reasons, none of the parts of the initiative manifestly fall outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties.

(6) That conclusion is without prejudice to the assessment of whether the concrete substantive conditions required for the Commission to act, including compliance with the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity and compatibility with fundamental rights, would be met in this case.

(7) The group of organisers has provided appropriate evidence that it fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 5(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788 and has designated the contact persons in accordance with Article 5(3), first subparagraph, of that Regulation.

(8) The initiative is not manifestly abusive, frivolous or vexatious, nor is it manifestly contrary to the values of the Union as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

(9) The initiative entitled Protect the EU’s Rural Heritage, Food Security and Supply should therefore be registered.

(10) The conclusion that the conditions for registration under Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788 are fulfilled does not imply that the Commission in any way confirms the factual correctness of the content of the initiative, which is the sole responsibility of the group of organisers of the initiative. The content of the initiative only expresses the views of the group of organisers, and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the Commission,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The European citizens’ initiative entitled Protect the EU’s Rural Heritage, Food Security and Supply shall be registered.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the group of organisers of the citizens’ initiative entitled Protect the EU’s Rural Heritage, Food Security and Supply, represented by Mr Česlovas TALLAT-KELPŠA and Mr Markus Valdemar SJÖHOLM acting as contact persons.

Done at Brussels, 7 September 2022.

For the Commission

Věra Jourová

Vice-President