Chronology of Drafts of the Charter of Fundamental Rights

• Author: Coghlan, Niall; Steiert, Marc
• Pages: 49-50

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Draft or

amendments

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Reference

(CHARTE unless

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Agenda Substance/ Comments

26 January 4112/00 First list of rights.

27 January 4112/2/00 REV 2 Same list grouped.1

15 February 4123/1/00 REV 1 Draft articles 1-9 (civil and political rights) and

horizontal clauses.

24 February 4137/00 Draft articles 10-19 (civil and political rights).

28 February 4140/00 Comparative table for articles 8-19 and ECHR.

28 February 4141/00 Herzog proposes wording for articles 1-9 and

structure in six chapters.

8 March 4149/00 New draft articles 1-12 (now 1-16).

17 March 4156/00 Deadline for amendments to 8 March draft.

Proposals will not be voted.

20 March 4170/00 Draft citizens’ rights.

27 March 4192/00 Draft economic and social rights part I.

29 March 4193/00 Draft economic and social rights part II.

17 April 4227/00 Draft economic and social rights part III.

18 April 4235/00 Horizontal clauses.

5 May 4284/00 Full draft civil and political rights (articles 1-30).

16 May 4316/00 Full economic and social rights and horizontal

clauses (articles 31-50).

23 May SN 2785/00 Deadline for amendments to 05 May draft

(CHARTE 4384/00). Period for amendments from

12 to 23 May.

25 May 4332/00 (and

ADD 1, ADD 2,

ADD 3)

All amendments to articles 1-30.

4 June 4333/00 Praesidium ‘compromise amendments’ to articles 1-30.

5 June SN 2785/00 Deadline for amendments to 16 May draft on

economic and social rights and horizontal clauses

(CHARTE 4316/00), Period for amendments from

19 May to 5 June.

16 June 4360/00 Further document grouping 25 May amendments

and explaining 4 June proposals.

1 It seems these initial lists were only circulated at the 1-2 February meeting itself: Meyer and Engels, The

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Work of the Convention: A Collection of Documents (2nd edn)

(Bundestag 2002), p.325.

4. Chronology of Drafts of the

Charter of Fundamental Rights

CHRONOLOGY OF DRAFTS OF THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS