Member States should be able to require non-national Union citizens to submit specific additional data as part of the formal declarations they have to provide in the context of the exercise of their electoral rights. In order to take into account evolving national requirements and practices, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the list of such data only by adding elements to it. All measures adopted in the exercise of that delegation should be necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes of this Directive. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure timely access to all information regarding the preparation of delegated acts, the Council receives all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and its experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
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