Council of the European Union and European Parliament 26 November 2025, Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast)

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CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Subject matter
Article 2. Definitions
CHAPTER II. STATUTE FOR EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS
Article 3. Conditions for registration
Article 4. Governance of European political parties
Article 5. Transparency obligations with regard to use of logos, publication of political programme and gender balance
Article 6. Governance of European political foundations
Article 7. Requirements for gender balance rule
Article 8. Authority for European political parties and European political foundations
Article 9. Register of European political parties and European political foundations
Article 10. Application for registration
Article 11. Examination of the application and decision of the Authority
Article 12. Verification of compliance with registration conditions and requirements and examination of grounds of removal from the Register
Article 13. Verification of the registration conditions relating to the values upon which the Union is founded
Article 14. Verification of obligations under national law
Article 15. Verification procedure related to infringements of rules on the protection of personal data
Article 16. Committee of independent eminent persons
CHAPTER III. LEGAL STATUS OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS
Article 17. Legal personality
Article 18. Legal recognition and capacity
Article 19. Applicable law
Article 20. Acquisition of European legal personality
Article 21. Termination of European legal personality
CHAPTER IV. FUNDING PROVISIONS
Article 22. Funding conditions
Article 23. Application for funding
Article 24. Award criteria and distribution of funding
Article 25. Donations, contributions and self-generated resources
Article 26. Financing of campaigns in the context of elections to the European Parliament
Article 27. Prohibition of funding
CHAPTER V. CONTROL AND SANCTIONS
Article 28. Accounts, reporting and audit obligations
Article 29. General rules on control
Article 30. Implementation and control in respect of Union funding
Article 31. Technical support
Article 32. Sanctions
Article 33. Responsibility of natural persons
Article 34. Cooperation between the Authority, the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament and the Member States
Article 35. Corrective measures and principles of good administration
Article 36. Termination of a funding decision with future effect
Article 37. Withdrawal of a funding decision with retroactive effect
CHAPTER VI. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 38. Provision of information to citizens
Article 39. Transparency
Article 40. Protection of personal data
Article 41. Right to be heard
Article 42. Right of appeal
Article 43. Exercise of the delegation
Article 44. Committee procedure
Article 45. Evaluation
Article 46. Effective application
Article 47. Transitional provision
Article 48. Repeal
Article 49. Entry into force
ANNEX I. Standard formal declaration to be filled in by each applicant

Official Journal
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2025/2445

8.12.2025

REGULATION (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 26 November 2025

on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations

(recast)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on

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