Recitals
- Recital (1)Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council has been substantially amended several times. Since…
- Recital (2)Article 10(4) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) states that political parties at European level contribute to forming European…
- Recital (3)Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) lays down that, in all its activities, the Union is to aim to…
- Recital (4)Article 11(1) of the Charter states that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes the freedom to hold opinions and…
- Recital (5)Article 21 of the Charter prohibits, inter alia, any discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation.
- Recital (6)In order for citizens of the Union to be able to participate fully in the democratic life of the Union, measures should be taken to ensure…
- Recital (7)Thanks to the way in which they are able to bridge the gap between politics at national level and at Union level, truly transnational…
- Recital (8)European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should be encouraged and assisted in their efforts to…
- Recital (9)In recognition of the role attributed to European political parties by the TEU and in order to facilitate their work, it is necessary to…
- Recital (10)The Authority for European political parties and foundations (the Authority) is a body of the Union within the meaning of Article 263 of…
- Recital (11)It is necessary to lay down the procedures to be followed by European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations…
- Recital (12)In order to facilitate the oversight of legal entities that will be subject to both Union and national law, the power to adopt acts in…
- Recital (13)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission…
- Recital (14)European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations wishing to obtain recognition as such at Union level, by…
- Recital (15)The partners with which European political foundations can cooperate include universities, NGOs, training institutes, research partners and…
- Recital (16)When deciding whether to register a European political party or a European political foundation, in order to ascertain whether it complies…
- Recital (17)Decisions to remove a European political party or a European political foundation from the Register on the ground of non-compliance with…
- Recital (18)In order to protect the financial interests of the Union, decisions to remove a European political party or a European political foundation…
- Recital (19)The statutes of a European political party or a European political foundation should contain a series of basic provisions. Member States…
- Recital (20)The Authority should regularly verify that the conditions and requirements relating to the registration of European political parties and…
- Recital (21)The independence and transparency of the committee of independent eminent persons should be guaranteed.
- Recital (22)The unlawful use of personal data can expose democracies and electoral processes to potential risks. It is therefore necessary to protect…
- Recital (23)To that end, a verification procedure should be established whereby the Authority is required, in certain circumstances, to ask the…
- Recital (24)Where the Authority imposes a sanction on a European political party or foundation in accordance with the verification procedure, it should…
- Recital (25)Since the verification procedure is triggered by a decision of a competent national data protection supervisory authority, it should be…
- Recital (26)The European legal status granted to European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should provide them…
- Recital (27)The activities of European political parties and European political foundations should be governed by this Regulation. For other matters…
- Recital (28)As a key element of possessing European legal status, European political parties and European political foundations should have European…
- Recital (29)The termination of European legal personality should be subject to requirements and procedures to protect the interests of the Union, of…
- Recital (30)If a European political party or a European political foundation seriously fails to comply with relevant national law and if the matter…
- Recital (31)Eligibility for funding from the general budget of the Union should be limited to European political parties and their affiliated European…
- Recital (32)For reasons of transparency and in order to strengthen the scrutiny and the democratic accountability of European political parties, access…
- Recital (33)European political parties and European political foundations should lead by example in closing the gender gap in the political domain.…
- Recital (34)European political parties and European political foundations should promote an internal work environment of fair treatment and equal…
- Recital (35)In order to increase the transparency of European political party funding, and to avoid potential abuse of the funding rules, a member of…
- Recital (36)The procedures to be followed by European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations when they apply for funding…
- Recital (37)In order to address the difficulties that European political parties, in particular small ones, face in achieving the 10 % co-financing…
- Recital (38)In order to enhance the independence, accountability and responsibility of European political parties and European political foundations,…
- Recital (39)A due diligence mechanism should be introduced to improve the transparency of large donations and to minimise the risk of foreign…
- Recital (40)Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 acknowledges only two categories of revenue for European political parties and foundations apart from…
- Recital (41)In order to reach out to their members and constituencies across the Union, European political parties should have the right to use their…
- Recital (42)In order to help raise the European political awareness of citizens and to promote the transparency of political affiliation, European…
- Recital (43)European political parties should not fund, directly or indirectly, other political parties and, in particular, national parties or…
- Recital (44)Joint European political activities, including activities in which participation is limited to the members of the European political party,…
- Recital (45)European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should be allowed to continue to cooperate with political…
- Recital (46)According to Article 8(1) TEU, the Union is to develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries, aiming to establish an area of…
- Recital (47)Specific rules and procedures should be laid down for distributing the appropriations available each year from the general budget of the…
- Recital (48)In order to ensure compliance with the obligations laid down by this Regulation regarding the funding and expenditure of European political…
- Recital (49)With a view to increasing legal certainty provided by this Regulation and to ensuring its coherent implementation, the Authority and the…
- Recital (50)It is necessary to provide for a clear, dissuasive and proportionate system of sanctions in order to ensure effective, proportionate and…
- Recital (51)For reasons of transparency, and in order to strengthen the scrutiny and the democratic accountability of European political parties and…
- Recital (52)In compliance with the principle of proportionality, the obligation to publish the identity of donors who are natural persons should not…
- Recital (53)This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles enshrined in the Charter, in particular Article 7, which…
- Recital (54)Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies to the processing of personal data carried out by the…
- Recital (55)Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies to the processing of personal data carried out in…
- Recital (56)For the sake of legal certainty, it is appropriate to clarify that the Authority, the European Parliament, the European political parties…
- Recital (57)Regulation (EU) 2016/679 applies to data processing carried out in application of this Regulation. The competent national authorities or…
- Recital (58)Technical support afforded by the European Parliament to European political parties should be guided by the principle of equal treatment,…
- Recital (59)Key information on the application of this Regulation should be available to the public on a dedicated website.
- Recital (60)Judicial control by the Court of Justice of the European Union will help to ensure the correct application of this Regulation. Provision…
- Recital (61)Member States should ensure that national provisions conducive to the effective application of this Regulation are in place.
- Recital (62)European political parties and European political foundations should be given sufficient time to adopt provisions to ensure the smooth and…
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