# Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood

European Parliament procedure 2022/0402(CNS) (CNS - Consultation procedure, 9th term, committee FEMM / JURI / LIBE). Stage: Awaiting final decision. 1,061 committee amendments tabled by 64 Members between 2023-07-04 and 2023-09-12.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and the creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood. Amendments rework recitals on the recognition between Member States of a child's parenthood, the rights and best interests of the child, non-discrimination, rainbow and same-sex-parent families, the Charter, CJEU case law and Member State competence over family law.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincenzo SOFO | Italy | ECR | 388 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204334.md |
| Angel DZHAMBAZKI | Bulgaria | ECR | 261 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124873.md |
| Raffaele STANCANELLI | Italy | PfE | 255 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197825.md |
| Bert-Jan RUISSEN | Netherlands | ECR | 244 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197773.md |
| Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA | Spain | PfE | 224 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197829.md |
| Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN | Spain | PfE | 154 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204414.md |
| Cristian TERHEŞ | Romania | ECR | 128 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197655.md |
| Jean-Paul GARRAUD | France | PfE | 81 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197628.md |
| Alessandra BASSO | Italy | ID | 65 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197610.md |
| Sergey LAGODINSKY | Germany | Verts/ALE | 52 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197460.md |
| Heidi HAUTALA | Finland | Verts/ALE | 52 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2054.md |
| Geoffroy DIDIER | France | PPE | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/190774.md |
| Gilles LEBRETON | France | ID | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124738.md |
| Daniel BUDA | Romania | PPE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125012.md |
| Annika BRUNA | France | ID | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/182995.md |

## Official source documents

- PE751.542: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/FEMM-AM-751542_EN.pdf
- PE751.834: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-751834_EN.pdf
- PE751.871: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-751871_EN.pdf
- PE751.872: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-751872_EN.pdf
- PE751.930: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-751930_EN.pdf
- PE752.695: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/FEMM-AM-752695_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2022-0402-CNS · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2022-0402-CNS.json

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