Article 14 — Verification of obligations under national law

1. If a European political party or a European political foundation has seriously failed to fulfil relevant obligations under national law applicable pursuant to Article 19(2), first subparagraph, the Member State of the seat of the European political party or European political foundation may submit to the Authority a request for removal from the Register. That request shall be duly reasoned. In particular, it shall precisely and exhaustively identify the illegal actions and the specific national requirements that have not been complied with. If the subject matter of the Member State’s request pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph relates exclusively or predominantly to elements affecting respect for the values on which the Union is founded, set out in Article 2 TEU, the Authority shall launch the verification procedure in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation. For any other matter, where, in its request pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph, 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 ground for removal from the Register under Article 21(1), point (d), applies to the European political party or European political foundation concerned. 2. If a European political party or a European political foundation has seriously failed to fulfil relevant obligations under national law applicable pursuant to Article 19(2), second subparagraph, of this Regulation, and if the matter relates exclusively or predominantly to elements affecting respect for the values on which the Union is founded, set out in Article 2 TEU, the Member State concerned may submit a request to the Authority in accordance with paragraph 1, first subparagraph, of this Article. The Authority shall proceed in accordance with paragraph 1, second subparagraph, of this Article. 3. For the purposes of this Article, the Authority shall in all cases act without undue delay. The Authority shall inform the Member State concerned and the European political party or European political foundation concerned of the actions taken in response to the reasoned request for removal from the Register.