Changes between two versions
What changed between the adopted text of 15 Sept 2022 and the adopted text of 21 Oct 2025
From · adopted text· 15 Sept 2022
Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations ***I
To · adopted text· 21 Oct 2025
Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations
These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).
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Part 3 of 3: Paragraphs 121–146
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
Removed: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;
Removed: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:
Removed: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:
Removed: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.
Removed: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.
Removed: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.
Removed: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.
Removed:Article 33 – paragraph 3: deleted
Removed:Article 34 – title: Termination of a funding decision with future effect
Removed:Article 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.
Removed:Article 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)
Removed:Article 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.
Removed:Article 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.
Removed: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:
Removed: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;
Removed:Article 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;
Removed:Article 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);
Removed:Article 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.
Removed:Article 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.
Removed:Article 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.