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Title (from): Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations ***I
Title (to): Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations

Title (from): Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations ***I
Title (to): Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations

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Removed~~Recital 3 a (new): (3a) Article 21 of the Charter establishes the right to gender equality in all areas.~~

RemovedRecital 12 a (new): (12a) Differentiated levels of affiliation and a category of ‘research partners’ should be recognised for European political foundations, in order to allow more flexibility and to facilitate freedom of research.

RemovedRecital 23: (23) The European legal status granted to European political parties and their affiliated foundations should provide them with legal capacity and recognition in all the Member States. Such legal capacity and recognition do not entitle them to nominate candidates in national elections or in national or regional constituencies in the elections to the European Parliament . Any such or similar entitlement remains under the competence of Member States.

RemovedRecital 30: (30) European political parties, their member parties and European political foundations should lead by example in closing the gender gap in the political domain. If they wish to benefit from EU funding, European political parties and European political foundations should have internal rules promoting gender equality, including a gender equality plan and a protocol to prevent, detect and combat sexual harassment and harassment on the grounds of gender. In addition, European political parties should be transparent about the gender balance of their member parties and should provide evidence on their member parties’ gender representation as regards candidates to and Member of the European Parliament. European political parties and European political foundations should also provide evidence on their internal policy on gender equality by means of an annual report. The European political parties are also encouraged to provide information in relation to their member parties’ on inclusiveness and representation of minorities.

RemovedRecital 38: (38) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 acknowledges only two categories of revenues for European political parties and European political foundations apart from contributions from the budget of the European Union, namely contributions or association fees from members and donations. A number of revenue sources generated from own economic activities (such as sales of publications or conference or workshop fees) fall outside the scope of those two categories, creating accounting and transparency problems. A third category of revenues (‘ancillary own resources’) should therefore be created. The proportion of ancillary own resources in the total budget of a European political party or of a European political foundation should be capped at 10 % of the amount generated by contributions and association fees so that it remains proportionate to the overall budget of these entities.

RemovedRecital 39: (39) In order to reach out to their members and constituencies across the Union, European political parties should have the right to use their funding for cross-border political campaigns, such as referendum campaigns and campaigns conducted in the context of elections to the European Parliament, including by setting up and promoting Union-wide lists of candidates in such elections. The funding and limitation of election expenses for parties and candidates in those campaigns should be governed by the rules applicable in each Member State.

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RemovedRecital 41: (41) European political parties and European political foundations should not use funding received from the general budget of the European Union for the direct or indirect funding of other political entities and, in particular, national parties or candidates. The prohibition of indirect funding should however not prevent European political parties or European political foundations from publicly supporting and engaging with their member parties or member organisations in the Union on issues of relevance for the Union, from supporting political activities in the common interest, or from engaging in educational activities, in order to be able to fulfil their mission under Article 10(4) TEU and to reinforce the European demos. The prohibition of indirect funding should not prevent representatives and staffers of political parties, or of potentially politically active persons, from participating in events of European political foundations. However, European political foundations should not engage in the training of political candidates in the six months before national or European elections. Moreover, European political parties should only finance activities in the context of national referendum campaigns when they concern issues directly related to the Union. These principles reflect Declaration No 11 on Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty of Nice.

RemovedRecital 50: (50) It is necessary to establish a common repository for the disclosures of European political parties. Given its specific role in the implementation of this Regulation, the Authority should establish and manage such repository as a part of the Registry for European political parties. The information contained in the repository should be transmitted by European Political Parties to the Authority using a standard format and may be automated. European political parties should make available in the Authority’s repository information to enable the wider context and objectives of the political advertisement to be understood by citizens. The information on the amount allocated to political advertising in the context of a specific campaign to be included in the repository may be based on a realistic estimate of funding and the actual amounts, once known. The amounts to be mentioned in the repository include donations for specific purposes, benefits in kind, contributions, association fees and ancillary own resources.

RemovedRecital 61: (61) In order to facilitating the monitoring of the implementation of this Regulation, single points of contact in charge of coordination with the European level should be designated by each Member State. Such contact points should be adequately resourced to be able to ensure effective coordination, including on issues related to the monitoring of political advertising. The Authority should regularly convene the single points of contact designated by the Member States in order to exchange best practices on matters of common concern.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b: (b) it is either recognised by, or established in accordance with, the legal order of at least one Member State or of a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3: (3) ‘European political party’ means a political alliance which pursues political objectives, which aims to pursue those objectives across the Union, and of which a majority of its member parties are either recognised by, or established in accordance with, the legal order of at least one Member State, and have their seat within the European Union, and which is registered with the Authority for European political parties and foundations referred to in Article 7, in accordance with this Regulation;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7: (7) 'donation' means any payment, any offering in kind, the provision below market value of any goods, services (including loans) or works, and any other transaction which constitutes an economic advantage for the European political party or the European political foundation concerned, with the exception of contributions, association fees, ancillary own resources and usual political activities carried out on a voluntary basis by individuals;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8: (8) 'contribution' means any payment, except where it is clearly indicated that the contribution comes from the general budget of the European Union, including membership fees, or any contribution in kind, or the provision below market value of any goods, services (including loans) or works, and any other transaction which constitutes an economic advantage for the European political party or the European political foundation concerned, when provided to that European political party or to that European political foundation by one of its members that has its seat or his or her place of residence within the Union, with the exception of usual political activities carried out on a voluntary basis by individual members;

AddedA. whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new): (8 a) 'association fees' means any payment provided to the European political party or European political foundation by one of its member parties or member organisations that has its seat in a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9: (9) ‘ancillary own resources’ means income generated by own economic activities, such as from joint activities with other political entities, sales of publications, participation fees for conferences or workshops, or other activities directly linked to political activities;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10: (10) ‘indirect funding’ means funding from which the member party derives a financial advantage, even where no funds are directly transferred; this should include cases which allow the member party to avoid expenditure which it would otherwise have had to incur for activities, other than joint activities with other political entities co-financed to the extent that they concern issues of relevance for the Union´s fields of activities, organised for its own and sole benefit;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16: (16) ‘political advertising’ means ‘advertising' as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising];

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RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17: (17) ‘political advertisement’ means ‘advertisement’ as defined in Article 2, point (3), of Regulation (EU) 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising];

AddedPosition of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 21 October 2025 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast)

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18: (18) ‘political advertising services’ means ‘services’ as defined in Article 2, point (5), of Regulation (EU) 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising].

Added(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445.)

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point d: (d) it observes , in particular in its programme and in its activities, the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU, namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law, as well as respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I ;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) it ensures that its member parties which have their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member parties which have their seat in a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein observe equivalent values, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) it observes, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU, namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 2 – point d: (d) it also ensures that its member organisations which have their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member organisations, which have their seat in a third country that belongs to the Council of Europe and has full rights of representation therein, observe equivalent values, and it provides a written declaration to that effect in the form of the template in Annex I;

Removed~~Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i: deleted~~

Removed~~Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j: (j) its own internal rules regarding gender equality.~~

RemovedArticle 4 a (new): Article 4a / Transparency obligations with regard to use of logos, publication of political programme and gender balance / 1. Each European political party shall ensure that member parties publish on their websites the political programme and logo of the European political party. The European political party’s logo shall be displayed in the top section of the front page of the member party’s website, in a clearly visible manner. / 2. Each European political party and its member parties shall publish on their websites information on the gender balance among the candidates at the elections to the European Parliament that take place after ...[date of entry into force of this Regulation], along with updated information on gender representation among their Members of the European Parliament. Each European political party shall ensure that its member parties publish such information concerning their respective candidates in the European elections and concerning their Members of European Parliament on their websites.

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 2: 2. Each European political party shall transmit to the Authority information concerning each political advertisement that it sponsors or publishes directly to enable the wider context and objectives of the political advertisement to be understood by citizens. That information shall include at least the information listed in point 1 of Annex II. The information shall be provided to the Authority in a form which is easily accessible and which uses plain language.

Removed~~Article 5 – paragraph 3: 3. The Authority shall publish the information referred to in paragraph 2 in the repository provided for in Article 8 without undue delay.~~

Removed~~Article 5 – paragraph 6: deleted~~

Removed~~Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new): (ia) its own internal rules regarding gender equality.~~

RemovedArticle 6 a (new): Article 6a / Requirements for gender equality rules / 1. Collegiate governing bodies of European political parties and European political foundations shall be gender-balanced. / 2. European political parties and European political foundations shall adopt a gender equality plan including mechanisms to ensure the active participation of women in all their diversity and European political parties shall invite their member parties to do the same. / 3. European political parties and European political foundations shall have a protocol to prevent, detect and combat sexual harassment and harassment on the grounds of gender. They shall ensure the independence and expertise of the experts conducting investigations and shall take appropriate measures towards perpetrators of those acts. European political parties and European political foundations shall incorporate the prohibition of acts of sexual harassment and harassment on the grounds of gender into their internal rules.

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: The Authority shall decide on the registration and de-registration of European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with the procedures and conditions laid down in this Regulation. In addition, the Authority shall regularly verify that the registration conditions laid down in Article 3 and the governance provisions set out in Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (h), and in Article 6(1), points (a) to (e), and (g), continue to be complied with by the registered European political parties and European political foundations.

RemovedArticle 10 – paragraph 5: 5. Any amendments to the documents or statutes submitted as part of the application for registration in accordance with Article 9(2) shall be notified to the Authority within two months. The Authority shall update the registration in the light of such amendments, applying the procedures set out in Article 18(2) and (4) mutatis mutandis.

RemovedArticle 10 – paragraph 6: 6. The updated list of member parties of a European political party, annexed to the party statutes in accordance with Article 4(2), shall be sent to the Authority by 30 September each year. Any changes following which the European political party might no longer satisfy the condition laid down in Article 3(1), point (b), shall be communicated to the Authority within four weeks of any such change.

Removed~~Article 11 – title: Verification of compliance with registration conditions and requirements and examination of grounds of removal from the Register by the Authority~~

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 1: 1. Without prejudice to the procedure laid down in Article 11a, the Authority shall regularly verify that the conditions for registration laid down in Article 3, and the governance provisions set out in Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (h), and in Article 6(1), points (a) to (e) and (g), continue to be complied with by registered European political parties and European political foundations.

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 2: 2. Where, following a verification conducted under paragraph 1 of this Article, the Authority considers that one of the grounds for deregistration under Article 19(1), point (a)(i) or (ii), might apply to a European political party or European political foundation, the Authority shall, without undue delay, inform the European political party or European political foundation concerned thereof. / Where the Authority has knowledge of circumstances indicating that one of the grounds for deregistration under Article 19(1), point (a), or under Article 19(2) might apply to a European political party or European political foundation, the Authority shall without undue delay inform the European political party or European political foundation concerned thereof. / When informing a European political party or European political foundation in accordance with the first or second subparagraph, the Authority shall invite that European political party or European political foundation to submit its observations within one month from receipt of the information concerned.

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: 3. In the event of non-compliance with Article 3(1), point (c), (f) or (g), Article 3(2), point (e), (f) or (g), or the governance provisions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Authority shall give the European political party or European political foundation concerned the opportunity to introduce the measures required to remedy the situation within the deadline provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article. The deadline may be extended by the Authority upon the reasoned request of the European political party or European political foundation concerned if and in so far as such an extension is necessary and appropriate with regard to the corrective measures envisaged by the European political party or European political foundation.

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Removed~~Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3: deleted~~

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Removed~~Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5: deleted~~

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: 4. Upon the expiry of the periods referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, or upon receipt of any observations or information concerning corrective measures from the European political party or European political foundation concerned within that period, the Authority shall, without undue delay and in the light of any such observations submitted by the European political party or European political foundation, assess whether any of the grounds for deregistration under Article 19(1), point (a), or under Article 19(2), apply to the European political party or European political foundation.

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Removed~~Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3: deleted~~

Removed~~Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4: deleted~~

Removed~~Article 11 – paragraph 5: deleted~~

Removed~~Article 11 – paragraph 6: deleted~~

RemovedArticle 11 a (new): Article 11a / Verification of the registration conditions relating to the values upon which the Union is founded / 1. The European Parliament, acting on its own initiative or following a reasoned request from a group of citizens, submitted in accordance with the relevant provisions of its Rules of Procedure, or the Council or the Commission, may lodge with the Authority a request to verify whether a specific European political party or European political foundation complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), and Article 3(2), points (c) and (d). In such cases, and in the cases referred to in Article 11b(2), the Authority shall inform the European political party or European political foundation concerned without undue delay, invite it to submit its observations and give it the opportunity to introduce measures to remedy the situation within one month. / The period may be extended by the Authority upon the reasoned request of the European political party or European political foundation concerned if an extension is necessary and appropriate with regard to the corrective measures envisaged by the European political party or European political foundation. / Upon the expiry of the period mentioned in the first and second subparagraphs or upon receipt of any observations and information concerning corrective measures from the European political party or European political foundation concerned within that period, the Authority shall submit the observ…

RemovedArticle 11 b (new): Article 11b / Verification of obligations under national law / 1. If a European political party or a European political foundation has failed to fulfil relevant obligations under national law applicable pursuant to Article 17(2), first subparagraph, and if, in the light of the freedom of association enshrined in Article 12 of the Charter and the need to ensure pluralism of political parties in Europe, that failure is serious enough to justify its deregistration, the Member State of the seat of the European political party or European political foundation may address a request for deregistration to the Authority. That request shall be duly reasoned. In particular, it shall identify precisely and exhaustively the illegal actions and the specific national requirements that have not been complied with. / If the subject matter of the Member States’ request relates exclusively or predominantly to elements affecting respect for the values upon which the Union is founded, enshrined in Article 2 TEU, the Authority shall initiate a verification procedure in accordance with Article 11a. / For any other matter, where, in its request pursuant to the first subparagraph, the Member State confirms that an effective remedy against such a request exists at national level and all remedies concerning such a request have been exhausted, the Authority shall, after hearing the representative of the European political party or European political foundation concerned, assess whether the deregistratio…

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 2: 2. The Authority shall be informed of any decision at national level of a supervisory authority as defined in Article 4, point (21), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 finding that a natural or legal person has infringed applicable rules on the protection of personal data, and if it follows from that decision, or if there are otherwise reasonable grounds to believe, that the infringement is linked to political activities by a European political party or a European political foundation in the context of elections to the European Parliament, the Authority shall refer this matter to the committee of independent eminent persons referred to in Article 14 of this Regulation. The Authority may, if necessary, liaise with the supervisory authority concerned.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 4: 4. Having regard to the committee's opinion, the Authority shall decide, pursuant to Article 30(1), point (a)(vii), whether to impose financial sanctions on the European political party or European political foundation concerned. The decision of the Authority shall be duly reasoned, in particular with regard to the committee's opinion, and shall be published expeditiously.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 5: 5. The procedure set out in this Article is without prejudice to the procedure set out in Articles 11, 11a and 11b. The period referred to in Article 11a(2) shall not apply to the procedure set out in this Article.

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 1: The Authority shall annually prepare and publish a report on the political advertising activity of European political parties. This report shall include the reports for the relevant reporting year published by European political parties in accordance with Article 5(4).

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 1: 1. A European political party or a European political foundation shall lose its European legal personality upon its removal from the Register by a decision of the Authority: / (a) if, in the context of the procedure laid down in Article 11, the Authority finds that / (i) one of the conditions for registration laid down in Article 3(1), point (a),(b), (c), (f) or (g), or in Article 3(2), point (a), (b), (e), (f) or (g), is not complied with by the European political party or European political foundation in question; / (ii) one of the governance provisions set out in Article 4(1), point (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (h), or (i), or in Article 6(1), points (a) to (e) or (g), is not complied with by the European political party or European political foundation in question; / (iii) the European political party or European political foundation in question is in one of the exclusion situations referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046; / (iv) the decision to register the European political party or European political foundation in question is based on information of a decisive nature for the registration decision that was incorrect or misleading or the decision was obtained by deceit; / (b) if, in the context of the procedure laid down in Article 11a, the Authority finds that the conditions for registration laid down in Article 3(1), point (d) or (e), or Article 3(2), point (c) or (d), concerning respect for the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU, have been mani…

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 2: 2. If the Authority decides to remove a European political party from the Register, it shall also remove a European political foundation affiliated to it from the Register. / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 3: 3. The Authority’s decision to remove a European political party or European political foundation from the Register shall be addressed, and notified, to the European political party or European political foundation concerned. The decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

Removed~~Article 19 – paragraph 4: deleted~~

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 1: 1. A European political party which is registered in accordance with the conditions and procedures laid down in this Regulation, which is represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members, and which is not in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 may apply for funding from the general budget of the European Union, in accordance with the terms and conditions published by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament in a call for contributions from the general budget of the European Union.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new): Direct membership of the European Parliament shall be accepted in cases where a Member of the European Parliament is not a member of a national or regional party affiliated to a European political party.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 5: 5. Within the limits set out in Articles 24 and 25, the expenditure reimbursable through a financial contribution from the general budget of the European Union shall include administrative expenditure and expenditure linked to technical assistance, meetings, research, cross-border events, studies, information and publications, as well as expenditure linked to campaigns.

RemovedArticle 21 – paragraph 1: 1. In order to receive funding from the general budget of the European Union, a European political party or European political foundation which satisfies the conditions of Article 20(1) or (2) shall file an application with the European Parliament following a call for contributions from the general budget of the European Union or a call for proposals.

RemovedArticle 21 – paragraph 2: 2. The European political party and the European political foundation shall , at the time of its application, comply with the obligations listed in Article 26. From the date of its application until the end of the financial year or of the action covered by the contribution or grant from the general budget of the European Union, it shall remain registered in the Register and shall not be the subject of any of the sanctions provided for in Article 30(1) and in Article 30(2), points (a) (v) and (vi).

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RemovedArticle 21 – paragraph 7: 7. The Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall adopt a decision within three months after closure of the call for contributions from the general budget of the European Union or the call for proposals, and shall authorise and manage the corresponding appropriations in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.

Removed~~Article 23 – title: Donations, contributions, association fees and ancillary own resources~~

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: 2. European political parties and European political foundations shall, at the time of the submission of their annual financial statements in accordance with Article 26, also transmit a list of all donors with their corresponding donations, indicating both the nature and the value of the individual donations. This paragraph shall also apply to contributions and association fees made by member parties of European political parties and member organisations of European political foundations and to contributions exceeding EUR 1 500 made by individual members of European political parties and European political foundations.

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: For donations and contributions from natural persons the value of which exceeds EUR 1 500 and is below or equal to EUR 3 000, the European political party or European political foundation concerned shall indicate whether the corresponding natural persons have given their prior written consent to publication in accordance with Article 36(1), point (e).

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 3: 3. Donations received by European political parties and European political foundations within six months prior to elections to the European Parliament shall be reported on a weekly basis to the Authority in writing and in accordance with paragraph 2.

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: 5. In respect of all donations from a single donor with a cumulative annual value of more than EUR 3 000, European political parties and European political foundations shall request that such donors provide the necessary information so that they can be properly identified. European political parties and European political foundations shall transmit the information received to the Authority upon its request.

Removed~~Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2: The Authority shall establish a form to be used for the purpose of identifying the donors referred to in the first subparagraph.~~

Removed~~Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point a: (a) anonymous donations, contributions or association fees;~~

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 6 – point d: (d) donations from any private entities based outside the Union or from individuals from outside the Union who are not entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament.

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 8: 8. The Authority shall carry out checks where it has grounds to believe that any donation has been accepted in breach of this Regulation. It may for that purpose request additional information from the European political party or European political foundation and its donors.

Removed~~Article 23 – paragraph 9: 9. The total value of the contributions to a European political party shall not exceed 40 % of its annual budget.~~

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 9 a (new): 9a. The total value of association fees to a European political party shall not exceed 20 % of the total value of contributions to that party. Any payment of association fees can be made only within the framework of generally applicable rules and rates established by the European political party.

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1: 10. The total value of the contributions to European political foundations from members and financing by the European political party to which it is affiliated shall not exceed 40 % of the annual budget of a European political foundation and shall not derive from funds received by a European political party pursuant to this Regulation from the general budget of the European Union.

Removed~~Article 23 – paragraph 10 a (new): 10a. The total value of association fees to a European political foundation shall not exceed 20 % of the total contributions to that foundation.~~

Removed~~Article 23 – paragraph 12: 12. Any contribution or association fee that is not permitted under this Regulation shall be returned in accordance with paragraph 7.~~

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 13: 13. The value of ancillary own resources of a European political party or of a European political foundation generated from own economic activities shall not exceed 10 % of the amount generated by contributions to, and association fees of, that European political party or European political foundation.

RemovedArticle 24 – paragraph 2: 2. The funding of European political parties from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source may be used to finance referendum campaigns when those campaigns concern issues directly related to the European Union.

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 1: 1. Notwithstanding Article 23(10) and Article 24(1), the funding of European political parties from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source shall not be used for the direct or indirect funding of other political entities, and in particular national parties or candidates. Those national political parties and candidates shall continue to be governed by national rules.

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.

RemovedArticle 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:

RemovedArticle 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).

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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).

RemovedArticle 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.

Removed~~Article 30 – paragraph 1: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)~~

RemovedArticle 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);

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

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

Removed~~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);~~

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

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

RemovedArticle 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;

RemovedArticle 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:

RemovedArticle 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:

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

Removed~~Article 33 – paragraph 3: deleted~~

Removed~~Article 34 – title: Termination of a funding decision with future effect~~

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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)

RemovedArticle 34 – paragraph 2 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 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 referred to in paragraph 2; / (c) expenditure or costs incurred by the European political party or European political foundation from the day referred to in paragraph 2 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 referred to in paragraph 2, 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 31 has been taken.

RemovedArticle 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 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:

RemovedArticle 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;

RemovedArticle 36 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new): (fa) the association fees referred to in Article 23(9a) and (10a) and reported by European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 23(2), including the identity of the parties or organisations which made those payments;

RemovedArticle 36 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new): (fb) the ancillary own resources referred to in Article 23(13) and reported by European political parties and European political foundations in accordance with Article 23(2);

RemovedArticle 36 – paragraph 2: 2. The Authority shall make public the list of legal persons who are members of a European political party, as annexed to the party statutes in accordance with Article 4(2) and updated in accordance with Article 10(6), as well as the total number of individual members.

RemovedArticle 37 – paragraph 8: 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.

RemovedArticle 44 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Any procedural steps and decisions previously taken by the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament or the Authority in accordance with, or on the basis of, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 shall remain applicable and be construed in light of this Regulation.

Removed~~Annex II – Part 2 – indent 5 a (new): - in cases where targeting techniques are used, any information required pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679.~~

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@misc{epw-text-2025-10-21,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Changes between TA-9-2022-0328 and TA-10-2025-0239}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-10-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-9-2022-0328/compare/TA-10-2025-0239}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/TA-9-2022-0328/compare/TA-10-2025-0239},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. from TA-9-2022-0328, to TA-10-2025-0239. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}