Merge mai departe traseul legislativ al „Certificatului European de Părinte”, despre care am tot scris. Azi proiectul de Regulament a fost avizat favorabil de JURI (comisia juridică din Parlamentul European). Pentru cine dorește să consulte documentele, sunt aici (și în română). Votul în sesiunea plenară a PE este programat pentru decembrie.
„Uniunea urmărește să creeze, să mențină și să dezvolte un spațiu de libertate și justiție în care să se asigure libera circulație a persoanelor, accesul la justiție și respectarea deplină a drepturilor fundamentale.
Pentru a promova acest obiectiv, președinta Comisiei, doamna von der Leyen, a declarat în discursul său privind starea Uniunii din 2020 că „cine este părinte într-o țară este părinte în toate țările”.”
(Extras din Expunerea de motive / Motivele și obiectivele propunerii)
În plus, forma adoptată de JURI favorizează surogația (exploatarea reproductivă). Comunicat de la colegii din „Europe for Family”:
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Europe for Family deeply regrets that the JURI committee voted to ease reproductive exploitation.
On Tuesday November 7th, the JURI committee approved the proposal of regulation COM (2022) 695 on the recognition of cross-border parenthood, creating a „European Certificate of Parenthood”.
This proposal of regulation would allow the de facto recognition of surrogacy contracts, including in EU Member States that do not allow reproductive exploitation. It would create a big surrogacy market in the EU.
Although the European Commission asserted that the regulation does not deal with surrogacy, the text explicitly states that it
“covers the recognition of the parenthood of a child irrespective of how the child was conceived or born – thus including children conceived with assisted reproductive technology – and irrespective of the child’s type of family”. (Regulation Proposal, Expl. Mem.)
The purpose of this Certificate is undoubtedly to circumvent national legislation on parentage. The recognition of parenthood entails a direct threat to the legal sovereignty of Member States, especially for those which do not recognise child trafficking through surrogacy.
On two occasions, Justice Commissioner Reynders acknowledged that this proposal of Regulation was linked to surrogacy. Firstly, in a Written Answer following a Priority Question (rule 138) raised by Italian MEPs. On May 5, 2022, Commissioner Reynders wrote:
“The Commission is currently carrying out preparatory work for an initiative on recognition of parenthood among Member States which may also include private international law issues concerning surrogacy.” (Written Answer P-001015/2022)
Secondly, on January 9, 2023, Commissioner Reynders stated in JURI Committee that
“the proposal does not exclude the case of children born out of surrogacy. Not covering surrogacy would require an explicit exclusion in the proposal which would have been contrary to the principle of non-discrimination.” (JURI hearing on January 9th 2023, at 15:54.)
Reproductive exploitation is currently banned in many Member States. The practice of reproductive exploitation has been condemned by the European Parliament four times during this parliamentary mandate, as „a treatment of human beings” (2021/0041) and „a violation of human dignity and human rights” (2021/0025).
The vote in the plenary session is scheduled for December.
Europe for Family urges the legislators to not back reproductive exploitation and to reject this text.
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