Chapter V, Article 32, Paragraph 3. · Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445

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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.

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associated member organisation
means an organisation that has its seat in an EFTA country, in a former Member State, in a candidate country, in a country entitled to use the euro as its official currency on the basis of a monetary agreement with the Union, in a partner country that has a stabilisation and association agreement with the Union or in a European country with which the Union has concluded an Association Agreement establishing a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area;
associated member party
means a party that has its seat in an EFTA country, in a former Member State, in a candidate country, in a country entitled to use the euro as its official currency on the basis of a monetary agreement with the Union, in a partner country that has a stabilisation and association agreement with the Union or in a European country with which the Union has concluded an Association Agreement establishing a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area;
concurrent infringements
means two or more infringements committed as part of the same unlawful act;
contribution
means any payment in cash, including membership fees, or any contribution in kind, the provision below market value of any goods, services, including loans, or works, or any other transaction which constitutes an economic advantage for the European political party or the European political foundation concerned, when provided to that European political party or to that European political foundation by one of its members, whether member parties from the Union, member organisations from the Union or citizens of the Union, with the exception of usual political activities carried out on a voluntary basis by individual members;
donation
means any financial transfer, any offering in kind, the provision below market value of any goods, services, including loans, or works, or any other transaction which constitutes an economic advantage for the European political party or the European political foundation concerned, with the exception of contributions, self-generated resources and usual political activities carried out on a voluntary basis by individuals;
European political foundation
means an entity which is formally affiliated with a European political party, is registered with the Authority for European political parties and foundations referred to in Article 8 in accordance with this Regulation, and which, through its activities and within the aims and fundamental values pursued by the Union, underpins and complements the objectives of that European political party by performing one or more of the following tasks:
European political party
means a political alliance which pursues political objectives, aims to pursue those objectives across the Union and is registered with the Authority for European political parties and foundations referred to in Article 8, in accordance with this Regulation;
funding from the general budget of the Union
means a grant awarded in accordance with Title VIII or a contribution awarded in accordance with Title XI of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
indirect funding
means funding from which the member party or member organisation derives a financial advantage, even where no funds are directly transferred;
joint European political activities
means activities organised by the European political party or European political foundation jointly with one or more member parties or member organisations where they concern activities in one or more Member States that contribute to forming European political awareness and expressing the political will of the citizens of the Union, as long as the involvement of the European political party or European political foundation is clearly visible, the level of ownership of the activity by the European political party or European political foundation is clear and the financial contribution of the European political party or European political foundation corresponds to the overall level of involvement of the European political party or European political foundation compared to the involvement of the member parties or member organisations concerned;
National Contact Point
means any person specifically designated by the relevant authorities in the Member States for the purpose of exchanging information pursuant to this Regulation;
political alliance
means structured cooperation, irrespective of its form, between members, whether political parties (‘member parties from the Union’), citizens of the Union, and, where applicable, associated member parties;
political party
means an association of citizens which fulfils the following conditions:
regional assembly
means a body whose members either hold a regional electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly;
repeated infringement
means an infringement committed within five years of a sanction having been imposed on its perpetrator for the same type of infringement.
seat
means, unless otherwise specified in this Regulation, the location where the European political party or the European political foundation has its central administration;
self-generated resources
means income generated by non-profit-oriented own economic activities in the framework of the political activities exercised by a European political party or its affiliated European political foundation, carried out either individually or jointly with its members, such as participation fees for conferences and workshops, or sales of publications;