It is necessary to lay down the procedures to be followed by European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations in order to obtain European legal status pursuant to this Regulation. It is likewise necessary to lay down the procedures and criteria to be respected when deciding whether to grant such European legal status. It is also necessary to lay down the procedures for cases in which a European political party or a European political foundation forfeits, loses or gives up its European legal status.
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