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Provision of information to citizens
Subject to Articles 26 and 27 and to their own statutes and internal processes, European political parties may, in the context of elections to the European Parliament, take all appropriate measures to inform citizens of the Union of the affiliations between national political parties and candidates and the European political parties concerned.
Transparency
1. The European Parliament, or the Authority, in accordance with the distribution of their responsibilities under this Regulation, shall make public in an open, machine readable format on a website created for that purpose, the following: (a) the names and statutes of all registered European political parties and European political foundations, together with the documents submitted as part of their applications for registration in accordance with Article 10, at the latest four weeks after the Authority has adopted its decision and, thereafter, any amendments notified to the Authority pursuant to Article 11(5) and (6); (b) a list of applications that have not been approved, together with the documents submitted as part thereof, together with the application for registration in accordance with Article 10 and the grounds for rejection, at the latest four weeks after the Authority adopted its decision; (c) an annual report with a table of the amounts paid to each European political party and European political foundation, for each financial year for which contributions have been received or grants have been paid from the general budget of the Union; (d) the annual financial statements and external audit reports referred to in Article 28(1), and, for European political foundations, the final reports on the implementation of the work programmes or actions; (e) the names of donors and their corresponding donations reported by European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 25(2), (3) and (4), with the exception of donations from natural persons the value of which does not exceed EUR 1 500 per year and per donor, which are to be reported as ‘minor donations’; donations from natural persons the annual value of which exceeds EUR 1 500 and is below or equal to EUR 3 000 are not to be published without the donor’s prior written consent to their publication; if no such prior consent has been given, such donations are to be reported as ‘minor donations’; the total amount of minor donations and the number of donors per calendar year are also to be published; (f) the contributions referred to in Article 25(9) and (10) and reported by European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 25(2); (g) the self-generated resources referred to in Article 25(13) and reported by European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 25(2); (h) in the six-month period prior to the elections to the European Parliament, the weekly reports received pursuant to Article 25(3); (i) the details of and reasons for any final decisions taken by the Authority pursuant to Article 32, including, where relevant, any opinions adopted by the committee of independent eminent persons in accordance with Articles 12 and 16, having due regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725; (j) the details of and reasons for any final decision taken by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament pursuant to Article 32; (k) a description of the technical support provided to European political parties; (l) the evaluation report of the European Parliament on the application of this Regulation and on the funded activities referred to in Article 45; (m) an updated list of members of the European Parliament who are members of a European political party. 2. The Authority shall make public the list of member parties of a European political party, as annexed to the party statutes in accordance with Article 4(2) and updated in accordance with Article 11(6), as well as the total number of individual members. 3. Personal data shall be excluded from publication on the website referred to in paragraph 1 unless those personal data are published pursuant to paragraph 1, points (a), (e), or (i). 4. European political parties and European political foundations shall, in a publicly available privacy statement, provide potential members and donors with the information required by Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and shall inform them that their personal data will be processed for auditing and control purposes by the European Parliament, the Authority, OLAF, the Court of Auditors, Member States, or external bodies or experts authorised thereby, and that their personal data will be made public on the website referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article under the conditions set out in this Article. The Authorising Officer of the European Parliament, in application of Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, shall include the same information in calls for contributions or proposals as referred to in Article 23(1) of this Regulation.
Protection of personal data
1. In processing personal data pursuant to this Regulation, the Authority, the European Parliament and the committee of independent eminent persons referred to in Article 16 shall comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. For the purposes of the processing of personal data, they shall be considered data controllers in accordance with Article 3, point (8), of that Regulation. 2. In processing personal data pursuant to this Regulation, European political parties and European political foundations, Member States when exercising control over aspects relating to the financing of European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 29, and the independent bodies or experts authorised to audit accounts in accordance with Article 28(1) shall comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and with the national provisions adopted pursuant thereto. For the purposes of the processing of personal data, they shall be considered data controllers in accordance with Article 4, point (7), of that Regulation. 3. The Authority, the European Parliament and the committee of independent eminent persons referred to in Article 16 shall ensure that personal data collected by them pursuant to this Regulation are not used for any purpose other than to ensure the legality, regularity and transparency of the funding of European political parties and European political foundations and the membership of European political parties. They shall erase all personal data collected for that purpose at the latest 24 months after the publication of the relevant parts in accordance with Article 39. 4. The Member States and independent bodies or experts authorised to audit accounts shall use the personal data they receive only in order to exercise control over the financing of European political parties and European political foundations. They shall erase those personal data in accordance with applicable national law after transmission pursuant to Article 34. 5. Personal data may be retained beyond the time limits laid down in paragraph 3 or provided for by the applicable national law as referred to in paragraph 4 where such retention is necessary for the purposes of legal or administrative proceedings relating to the funding of a European political party or a European political foundation or the membership of a European political party. All such personal data shall be erased at the latest one week after the date of conclusion of the said proceedings by a final decision, or after any audits, appeals, litigation or claims have been disposed of. 6. The data controllers referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration or unauthorised disclosure or access, in particular where the processing of such data involves their transmission over a network, and against all other unlawful forms of processing. 7. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall be responsible for monitoring and ensuring that the Authority, the European Parliament and the committee of independent eminent persons referred to in Article 16 respect and protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons in the processing of personal data pursuant to this Regulation. Without prejudice to any judicial remedy, any data subject may lodge a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor if they consider that their right to the protection of their personal data has been infringed as a result of the processing thereof by the Authority, the European Parliament or that committee. 8. European political parties and European political foundations, the Member States and the independent bodies or experts authorised to audit accounts under this Regulation shall be liable in accordance with applicable national law for any damage they cause in the processing of personal data pursuant to this Regulation. The Member States shall, without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, ensure that effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions are applied for infringements of this Regulation.
Right to be heard
Before the Authority or the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament takes a decision which may adversely affect the rights of a European political party, a European political foundation, an applicant as referred to in Article 10 or a natural person as referred to in Article 33, it shall hear the representatives of the European political party, European political foundation or applicant, or the natural person concerned. The Authority or the European Parliament shall duly state the reasons for its decision.
Right of appeal
Decisions taken pursuant to this Regulation may be the subject of court proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the TFEU.
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 9(2) and Article 10(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from 28 December 2025. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 9(2) and Article 10(3) 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 it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 9(2) or Article 10(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or 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.
Evaluation
The European Parliament shall, after consulting the Authority, publish within one year of the elections to the European Parliament a report on the application of this Regulation and on the activities funded. The report shall indicate, where appropriate, possible amendments to be made to the statute and funding systems. No more than one year after the publication of the report by the European Parliament, the Commission shall present a report on the application of this Regulation accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal to amend this Regulation. The Commission’s report shall pay particular attention to the implications of this Regulation for the position of small European political parties and European political foundations and for the rules governing the financing of European political foundations.
Effective application
Member States shall make such provision as is appropriate to ensure the effective application of this Regulation.
Transitional provision
1. Procedural steps taken under Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 shall continue to have effect for the purposes of applying this Regulation. 2. By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article 45, regarding the elections to the European Parliament in 2024, the European Parliament shall publish the report referred to therein by 29 June 2026.
Repeal
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 is repealed. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . This Regulation shall apply to funding under this Regulation for activities starting in the 2027 budget year or thereafter.
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