Reporting
1. Within 6 months after each election to the European Parliament, each Member State shall send to the Commission information on the application of this Directive in its territory. The report shall contain statistical data on participation in elections to the European Parliament, in particular, where available, the participation of Union voters and Union citizens entitled to stand as candidates and a summary of the measures taken to support it.
2. Within one year after each election to the European Parliament, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive.
Evaluation
Within 2 years after the 2034 elections to the European Parliament, the Commission shall assess the application of this Directive and produce an evaluation report on the progress made towards the achievement of the objectives contained herein. That evaluation shall also include a review of the functioning of Article 13.
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.
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 Articles 9(6) and 10(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from 28 September 2025.
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 9(6) and 10(4) may be revoked at any time 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 on the day following that of 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 it to the Council.
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 9(6) and 10(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed by the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the Council has informed the Commission that it will not object. That period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the Council.
7. The European Parliament shall be informed of the adoption of delegated acts by the Commission, of any objection formulated to them, or of the revocation of the delegation of powers by the Council.
Transposition
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, within 29 September 2027, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 9(2) and (4), Article 10(1), Article 11(1), (3) and (4), Article 12, Article 13(1), (2) and (3), Articles 14 and 15, and Article 17 (1). They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. They shall also include a statement that references in existing laws, regulations and administrative provisions to the Directive repealed by this Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made and how that statement is to be formulated.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Repeal
Directive 93/109/EC, as amended by the Directive listed in Annex III, Part A, is repealed with effect from 30 September 2027, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for the transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex III, Part B.
References to the repealed Directives shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.
Entry into force and application
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Articles 1 to 8, Article 9(1) and (3), Article 10(2) and Article 11(2) shall apply from 30 September 2027.
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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