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AddedArticle 25 – paragraph 2: 2. The funding of European political foundations from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source shall not be used for any other purpose than for financing their tasks as listed in Article 2, point (4), and to meet expenditure directly linked to the objectives set out in their statutes in accordance with Article 6. It shall in particular not be used for the direct or indirect funding of elections, political parties, or candidates in the six months before national or European elections, or of other foundations.

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 2: 2. The funding of European political foundations from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source shall not be used for any other purpose than for financing their tasks as listed in Article 2, point (4), and to meet expenditure directly linked to the objectives set out in their statutes in accordance with Article 6. It shall in particular not be used for the direct or indirect funding of elections, political parties, or candidates in the six months before national or European elections or of other foundations.

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Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - introductory part: 1. At the latest within six months following the end of the financial year, European political parties and European political foundations shall submit to the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament, in an open, machine readable format, the following:

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Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 - point c: (c) the list of donors and contributors and their corresponding donations, contributions or association fees reported in accordance with Article 23(2), (3) and (4).

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Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new): The European political parties and European political foundations shall also send a copy of any submission referred to in the first subparagraph to the Authority and to the competent national contact point of the Member State of their seat. That copy shall be in an open and machine readable format.

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Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: 2. The Authority shall control compliance by European political parties and European political foundations with their obligations under this Regulation, in particular in relation to Article 3, Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (h), Article 4a, Article 5, Article 6(1), points (a) to (e) and (g), Article 10(5) and (6), and Article 23. In cases where no funding from the general budget of the European Union is involved, it shall also control compliance by European political parties with their obligations under Article 25(1).

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Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: The Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall control compliance by European political parties and European political foundations with the obligations relating to Union funding under this Regulation and under Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 . In carrying out such controls, the European Parliament shall take the necessary measures in the fields of the prevention of and the fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union.

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Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii: (ii) in the event of non-compliance with the commitments entered into and the information provided by a European political party or European political foundation in accordance with Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (h), and with Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (d) and (e);

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Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii a (new): (iia) in the event of non-compliance with the obligations under Article 4a(1);

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Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii b (new): (iib) in the event of non-compliance with the obligations under Article 4a(2);

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Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii c (new): (iic) in the event of non-compliance with the obligations under Article 5(1) to (5);

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Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point viii: deleted

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Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ix: deleted

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Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i: (i) where a European political party or a European political foundation has accepted donations, contributions or association fees that are not permitted under Article 23(1) or (6), unless the conditions laid down in Article 23(7) are met;

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Article 30 – paragraph 4 – introductory part: 4. For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2, the following financial sanctions shall be imposed on a European political party or a European political foundation:

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Article 30 – paragraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: (b) in cases of quantifiable infringements, a fixed percentage of the amount of the irregular sums received or not reported or of the sums used for funding activities that are prohibited under Article 25, in accordance with the following scale, up to a maximum of 10 % of the annual budget of the European political party or European political foundation concerned:

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Article 30 – paragraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 2: For the application of the percentages indicated in the first subparagraph, each donation, contribution, association fee or sum used for funding activities that are prohibited under Article 25 shall be considered separately.

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Article 30 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. The Authority shall recover the corresponding amounts from the European political party or European political foundation on which financial sanctions have been imposed.

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Article 33 – paragraph 1: 1. With a view to fully comply with the obligations referred to in Article 38, before the Authority’s final decision relating to any of the sanctions referred to in Article 30(1), points (a)(i) to (iv), the Authority or the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall give the European political party or the European political foundation concerned an opportunity to introduce the measures required to remedy the situation within a reasonable period of time, which shall not normally exceed one month. In particular, the Authority or the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall allow the possibility of correcting clerical and arithmetical errors, providing additional documents or information where necessary or correcting minor mistakes.

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Article 33 – paragraph 2: 2. Where a European political party or a European political foundation has failed to take sufficient corrective measures within the period of time referred to in paragraph 1, the appropriate sanctions referred to in Article 30 shall be decided.

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Article 33 – paragraph 3: deleted

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AddedArticle 34 – title: Termination of a funding decision with future effect

RemovedArticle 34 – title: Withdrawal of a funding decision with effect for the future

AddedArticle 34 – paragraph 1: 1. The Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall terminate an ongoing funding decision addressed to a European political party or aEuropean political foundation with future effect on the basis of the following grounds: / (a) a decision by the Authority to remove the party or foundation from the Register, with the exception of a decision based on the ground for deregistration laid down in Article 19(1), point (a) (iv); / (b) a sanction decision based on Article 30(1), points (a)(v) and (vi). / Other grounds for the termination of a funding decision with future effect may be provided for in the contribution or grant agreement.

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AddedArticle 34 – paragraph 2: 2. A decision to terminate the funding decision with future effect shall take effect on the day specified in the decision to terminate or, if no day is specified therein, on the day on which the decision to terminate is notified to the European political party or European political foundation. / (deleted) / (deleted)

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ChangedArticle 34 – paragraph 1:2 1.a (new): 2a. The termination of the funding decision with future effect shall have the following consequences: / (a) the contribution or grant agreement shall be terminated from the date referred to in paragraph 2; / (b) payments by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall withdrawbe anlimited ongoingto fundingthe decisionreimbursable addressedexpenditure toactually aincurred by the European political party or Europeanthe politicaleligible foundationcosts withactually effectincurred forby the futureEuropean onpolitical thefoundation basisup ofto the followingdate grounds:referred /to (a)in aparagraph decision2; by/ the(c) Authorityexpenditure toor removecosts incurred by the European political party or European political foundation from the Register,day withreferred theto exceptionin ofparagraph a2 decisionshall basedbe onqualified as non-reimbursable expenditure or ineligible costs; / (d) the groundAuthorising forOfficer deregistrationof laidthe downEuropean inParliament Articleshall 19(1),recover pointall (a)Union (iv);funds unduly paid, including: / (b)(i) aUnion sanctionfunds decisionthat basedhave onbeen Articlespent 30(1),for pointsnon-reimbursable (a)(v)expenditure andor (vi).ineligible costs; and / Other(ii) groundsany forunused Union pre-financing that has not been spent before the withdrawaldate ofreferred ato fundingin decisionparagraph with2, effectincluding forunspent Union funds from previous years; and / (e) the futureAuthorising mayOfficer beof providedthe forEuropean Parliament shall recover any amounts unduly paid from a natural person in therespect contributionof orwhom granta agreement.decision pursuant to Article 31 has been taken.

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AddedArticle 34 a (new): Article 34a / Withdrawal of the funding decision with retroactive effect / 1. On the basis of a decision taken by the Authority removing a European political party or European political foundation from the Register, based on the ground for deregistration laid down in Article 19(1), point (a)(iv), the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall withdraw funding decisions addressed to the European political party or European political foundation concerned with retroactive effect from the date of the adoption of those decisions. / 2. The withdrawal of the funding decision with retroactive effect shall have the following consequences: / (a) the contribution or grant agreement shall be terminated from the day of the notification of that termination to the European political party or European political foundation concerned; / (b) all expenditure or costs incurred by the European political party or European political foundation shall be qualified as non-reimbursable expenditure or ineligible costs; and / (c) any amount paid under the contribution or grant agreement, along with any unspent Union funds from previous years, shall be considered to be undue payments and shall be recovered under Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.

RemovedArticle 34 – paragraph 2: 2. A decision to withdraw the funding decision with effect for the future shall take effect on the day specified in the withdrawal decision or, if no day is specified therein, on the day on which the withdrawal decision is notified to the European political party or European political foundation. / (deleted) / (deleted)

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RemovedArticle 34 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The withdrawal of the funding decision with effect for the future shall have the following consequences: / (a) the contribution or grant agreement shall be terminated from the day that the withdrawal decision takes effect; / (b) payments by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall be limited to the reimbursable expenditure actually incurred by the European political party or the eligible costs actually incurred by the European political foundation up to the date when the withdrawal decision takes effect; / (c) expenditure or costs incurred by the European political party or European political foundation from the day that the withdrawal of the funding decision takes effect shall be qualified as non-reimbursable expenditure or ineligible costs; / (d) the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall recover all Union funds unduly paid, including: / (i) Union funds that have been spent for non-reimbursable expenditure or ineligible costs; and / (ii) any unused Union pre-financing that has not been spent before the date on which the withdrawal decision takes effect, including unspent Union funds from previous years; and / (e) the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall recover any amounts unduly paid from a natural person in respect of whom a decision pursuant to Article 34 has been taken.

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RemovedArticle 34 a (new): Article 34a / Retroactive withdrawal of the funding decision / 1. On the basis of a decision taken by the Authority removing a European political party or European political foundation from the Register, based on the ground for deregistration laid down in Article 19(1), point (a)(iv), the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall withdraw funding decisions addressed to the European political party or European political foundation concerned with retroactive effect from the date of the adoption of those decisions. / 2. The retroactive withdrawal of the funding decision shall have the following consequences: / (a) the contribution or grant agreement shall be terminated from the day of the notification of that termination to the European political party or European political foundation concerned; / (b) all expenditure or costs incurred by the European political party or European political foundation shall be qualified as non-reimbursable expenditure or ineligible costs; and / (c) any amount paid under the contribution or grant agreement, along with any unspent Union funds from previous years, shall be considered to be undue payments and shall be recovered under Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.

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Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. The European Parliament, or the Authority, in accordance with the distribution of their responsibilities, shall make public in an open, machine readable format on a website created for that purpose, the following:

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Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point f: (f) the contributions and association fees referred to in Article 23(9) and (10) and reported by European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 23(2), including the identity of the individual members, member parties or organisations which made those contributions, with the exception of contributions above EUR 1 500 up to and including EUR 3 000 per year from natural persons where those persons have not given their written consent to such publication;