
Article 1 

1. The proposed citizens' initiative entitled ‘Respect for the rule of law within the European Union’ is hereby registered.
2. Statements of support for this proposed citizens' initiative may be collected, based on the understanding that it aims at proposals from the Commission for legal acts
— laying down arrangements to conduct objective and impartial evaluation of the implementation by national authorities of the Union's policies in the area of freedom, security and justice;
— amending the Council Regulation establishing the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on 8 April 2019.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the organisers (members of the citizens' committee) of the proposed citizens' initiative entitled ‘Respect for the rule of law within the European Union’, represented by Mr Pier Virgilio DASTOLI and Mr Marco CAPPATO acting as contact persons.
Done at Brussels, 3 April 2019.
For the Commission
Frans TIMMERMANS
First Vice-President