The European Commission refused to register the Minority SafePack citizens’ initiative. The refusing decision was made on the grounds that the scope of the initiative fell outside the EC’s competence and so the EC would not have the jurisdictional background to propose the adoption of a legal act (based on the initiative) in the European Union to be further implemented in the Treaties of the European Union. In its rejection the EC failed to mention the particular acts it had considered as falling outside its competence and also failed to elaborate on the parts it had considered potentially possible.