32025R2445#art_6Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Article 6 — Governance of European political foundations

1. The statutes of a European political foundation shall comply with the applicable law of the Member State in which it has its seat and shall include provisions covering at least the following: (a) its name and logo, which shall be clearly distinguishable from those of any existing European political party or European political foundation; (b) the address of its seat; (c) a description of its purpose and objectives, which shall be compatible with the tasks listed in Article 2, point (6); (d) a statement, in accordance with Article 3(2), point (h), that it does not pursue profit goals; (e) the name of the European political party with which it is directly affiliated, and a description of the formal relationship between them; (f) a list of its bodies, specifying for each its powers, responsibilities and composition, and including the detailed arrangements for the appointment and dismissal of the members and managers of such bodies; (g) its administrative and financial organisation and procedures, specifying in particular the bodies and offices holding the powers of administrative, financial and legal representation and the rules on the establishment, approval and verification of annual accounts; (h) the internal procedure for amending its statutes; (i) the internal procedure to be followed in the event of its voluntary dissolution as a European political foundation; (j) its internal rules regarding gender balance; (k) the rules regulating the rights and obligations of associated member organisations in the governance structures and in the decision making processes of the European political foundation ensuring adequate safeguards against foreign interference and preventing that associated member organisations impose a course of action or block a majority of the members from the Union. 2. The Member State of the seat may impose additional requirements for the statutes, provided that those additional requirements are not inconsistent with this Regulation.

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