On March 25, 2012 the Citizens Committee was constituted, with Joan Carretero as representative, formed by people from 7 different EU countries, as requested by the European legislation.  The Citizens Committee is composed of people from the following EU member states:

-  Finland
-  France
-  Germany
-  Luxembourg
-  United Kingdom
-  Spain
-  The Netherlands

From the moment that the Citizens Initiative is accepted, signatures may be collected within a 12 month period in support of it, from anyone possessing European citizenship and residence and more than 18 years of age (or 16 in the case of Austria). 　There is a minimum number of a signatures required for this initiative to be assessed by the European Commission.

Each member state will have to validate these signatures within 3 months after the end of the signature collection deadline.

The states are obligated to validate the data and issue a certificate.

In the case that a state is found not to have validated them within the deadline the organizers may denounce it for "Non Compliance with EU Law" to the European Commission.