Article 13 — 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 submit a request to the Authority for it 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 14(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 of receipt of the information. 2. The Authority may, at the reasoned request of the European political party or European political foundation concerned, extend the deadline referred to in paragraph 1 if and in so far as the Authority considers such an extension to be necessary and appropriate in view of the corrective measures planned by the European political party or European political foundation. 3. Upon the expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article, or upon receipt of any observations and information concerning corrective measures from the European political party or European political foundation concerned before the expiry of the deadline, the Authority shall submit the observations made by the European political party or European political foundation concerned and, where applicable, the description of the corrective measures taken by that party or foundation to the committee of independent eminent persons referred to in Article 16, and shall ask that committee for an opinion on the subject. The committee shall give its opinion within two months of the Authority’s request. 4. Where facts which cast doubt on compliance by a specific European political party or European political foundation with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), and Article 3(2), points (c) and (d), come to the attention of the Authority, the Authority shall inform the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission with a view to enabling any of those institutions to lodge a request for verification as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 of this Article, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall declare their intention to lodge a request for verification within two months of receipt of the information. 5. The procedure laid down in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not be initiated in the two-month period immediately before the holding of elections to the European Parliament. 6. The Authority shall decide whether to remove the European political party or European political foundation concerned from the Register, taking into account the opinion of the committee of independent eminent persons referred to in Article 16. The decision of the Authority shall be duly reasoned. 7. A decision of the Authority to remove the European political party or European political foundation concerned from the Register on grounds of non-compliance with the conditions set out in Article 3(1), point (d) or (e), or Article 3(2), point (c) or (d), shall only be adopted in the event of a manifest and serious breach of those conditions. The decision shall be subject to the procedure set out in paragraph 8 of this Article. 8. A decision of the Authority to remove a European political party or European political foundation from the Register on the ground of a manifest and serious breach of the conditions set out in Article 3(1), point (d) or (e), or Article 3(2), point (c) or (d), shall be communicated to the European Parliament and the Council. The decision shall enter into force only if no objection is made by the European Parliament and the Council within a period of three months of the communication of the decision to them or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Authority that they will not object. In the event of an objection by the European Parliament and by the Council, the European political party or European political foundation shall remain registered. 9. The European Parliament and the Council may only object to a decision of the Authority to remove a European political party or European political foundation from the Register on grounds related to the assessment of compliance with the conditions for registration set out in Article 3(1), point (d) or (e), or Article 3(2), point (c) or (d). 10. Where an objection has been made to a decision of the Authority to remove a European political party or European political foundation from the Register, the Authority shall inform the European political party or European political foundation concerned of the objection. 11. The European Parliament and the Council shall adopt a position in accordance with their respective decision-making rules adopted in accordance with the Treaties. Any objection to a decision of the Authority to remove a European political party or European political foundation from the Register shall be duly reasoned and shall be made public.