Article 33 — Responsibility of natural persons

Where the Authority imposes a financial sanction in the situations referred to in Article 32(1), points (a)(vii) or (viii), it may, for the purpose of recovery pursuant to Article 36(2), establish that a natural person who is a member of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the European political party or European political foundation, or who has powers of representation, decision or control with regard to the European political party or European political foundation is also responsible for the infringement, in the following cases: (a) in the situation referred to in Article 32(1), point (a)(vii), where, in the judgment referred to in that provision, the natural person has been found to be also responsible for the illegal activities concerned; (b) in the situation referred to in Article 32(1), point (a)(viii), where the natural person is also responsible for the conduct or inaccuracies concerned.