Evaluation and review
Within two years after each election to the European Parliament, the Commission shall submit a report on the evaluation and review of this Regulation to the European Parliament and to the Council. That report shall be made public and shall assess the need for amendment to this Regulation, in particular with regard to:
(a)
the scope of this Regulation and the definition of political advertising in Article 3, point 2;
(b)
the effectiveness of this Regulation as regards specific means of political advertising;
(c)
the effectiveness of the transparency measures, especially the declaration and mechanisms to identify the political nature of an advertising service or of an advertisement as provided for in Articles 7 and 8;
(d)
the effectiveness of the rules restricting the processing of personal data for the purposes of the targeting techniques and ad-delivery techniques;
(e)
the effectiveness of the supervision and enforcement structure, as well as the type and amount of sanctions imposed by the Member States;
(f)
the impact of this Regulation on media actors qualifying under Article 3 (1), (2) and (3) of Directive 2013/34/EU as micro, small and medium-sized undertakings;
(g)
the effectiveness of this Regulation in view of technological, scientific and other developments;
(h)
the way in which this Regulation interacts with the Union legal acts referred to in Article 2(3);
(i)
the progress made in establishing the European repository and its subsequent functioning.
Exercise of the delegation
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 12(6) and Article 19(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of four years from the 9 April 2024. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the four-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 12(6) and Article 19(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify that act simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 12(6) or Article 19(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Committee procedure
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
Entry into force and application
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
2. It shall apply from 10 October 2025. However, within the scope of application of this Regulation, Article 3 and Article 5(1) shall apply as from the date of its entry into force.
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