Article 32 — Sanctions

1. The Authority shall impose financial sanctions in the following situations: (a) non-quantifiable infringements: (i) in the event of non-compliance with the requirements of Article 11(5) or (6); (ii) in the event of non-compliance with the commitments entered into and the information provided by a European political party or European political foundation in accordance with Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e) and (f), Article 4(3) and with Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e) and (k); (iii) in the event of non-compliance with the obligations under Article 5(1); (iv) in the event of non-compliance with the obligations under Article 5(2); (v) in the event of failure to transmit the list of donors and their corresponding donations in accordance with Article 25(2) or to report donations in accordance with Article 25(3) and (4); (vi) where a European political party or a European political foundation has infringed the obligations laid down in Article 28(1) or Article 29(4); (vii) where a European political party or a European political foundation is in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article 138(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509; (viii) where the European political party or the European political foundation concerned has at any time intentionally omitted to provide information or has intentionally provided incorrect or misleading information; (ix) where, in accordance with the verification procedure provided for in Article 15, it is established that a European political party or a European political foundation has deliberately influenced or attempted to influence the outcome of elections to the European Parliament by taking advantage of an infringement of the applicable rules on the protection of personal data; (b) quantifiable infringements: (i) where a European political party or a European political foundation has accepted donations and contributions that are not permitted under Article 25(1) or (6), unless the conditions laid down in Article 25(7) are met; (ii) in the event of non-compliance with the requirements laid down in Articles 26 and 27. 2. The Authorising Officer of the European Parliament may exclude a European political party or a European political foundation from future Union funding for up to five years, or up to 10 years in cases of an infringement repeated within a five-year period, when it has been found guilty of any of the infringements listed in paragraph 1, points (a)(vii) and (viii) of this Article. This is without prejudice to the powers of the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament as set out in Article 235 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. 3. 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: (a) in cases of non-quantifiable infringements, a fixed percentage of the annual budget of the European political party or European political foundation concerned as follows: (i) up to 5 %; (ii) from 5 % to 10 % if there are concurrent infringements; (iii) from 10 % to 15 % if the infringement concerned is a repeated infringement; (iv) from 15 % to 20 % in the case of further repeated infringements; (v) a third of the percentages set out in points (i) to (iv) if the European political party or European political foundation concerned has voluntarily declared the infringement before the Authority has officially opened an investigation, even in the case of a concurrent infringement or a repeated infringement, and the party or foundation concerned has taken the appropriate corrective measures; (vi) 50 % of the annual budget of the European political party or European political foundation concerned for the preceding year, if the European political party or European political foundation concerned is in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article 138(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. (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 prohibited under Article 27, 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: (i) 100 % of the irregular sums received or not reported, or of the sums used for funding prohibited under Article 27, where those sums do not exceed EUR 50000; (ii) 150 % of the irregular sums received or not reported, or of the sums used for funding prohibited under Article 27, where those sums exceed EUR 50000 but do not exceed EUR 100000; (iii) 200 % of the irregular sums received or not reported, or of the sums used for funding prohibited under Article 27, where those sums exceed EUR 100000 but do not exceed EUR 150000; (iv) 250 % of the irregular sums received or not reported, or of the sums used for funding prohibited under Article 27, where those sums exceed EUR 150000 but do not exceed EUR 200000; (v) 300 % of the irregular sums received or not reported, or of the sums used for funding prohibited under Article 27, where those sums exceed EUR 200000; (vi) one third of the percentages indicated in points (i) to (v) if the European political party or European political foundation concerned has voluntarily declared the infringement before the Authority and/or the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament has officially opened an investigation and the party or foundation concerned has taken the appropriate corrective measures. For the application of the percentages indicated in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, each donation, contribution or sum used for funding prohibited under Article 27 shall be considered separately. 4. Whenever a European political party or a European political foundation has committed an infringement justifying the imposition of a financial sanction and the same behaviour justifies the removal from the Register of that European political party or European political foundation, the Authority shall only proceed to the removal from the Register of the European political party or European political foundation concerned. 5. The Authority shall recover the corresponding amounts from the European political party or European political foundation in respect of which the financial sanctions have been imposed. 6. The sanctions laid down in this Regulation shall be subject to a limitation period of 10 years from the date of commission of the infringement concerned or, in the case of continuing or repeated infringements, from the date on which those infringements ceased. 7. Where a decision of the national supervisory authority as referred to in Article 15 has been repealed, or where a remedy against such decision has been granted, provided that all national remedies have been exhausted, the Authority shall review any sanction imposed pursuant to paragraph 1, point (a)(ix), of this Article at the request of the European political party or European political foundation concerned.