Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2246 of 3 December 2015 on detailed provisions for the registration number system applicable to the register of European political parties and European political foundations and information provided by standard extracts from the register

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing to European Atomic Energy Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) It is necessary to specify the details of the registration number system for European political parties and European political foundations.

(2) It is necessary to specify the content and format of the standard extract from the register to be made available on request to third parties. That standard extract should contain the key information related to the concerned European political party or European political foundation.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 37 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation establishes the registration number system to be applied to the Register of European political parties and European political foundations (the ‘Register’) and the content and format of standard extracts made available to third parties upon request from that Register.

Article 2

Registration number system

(a) a European identifier;

(b) a national identifier, following the European identifier, if the Member State of the seat of the European political party or European political foundation applies its own parallel registration numbering system.

Article 3

Standard extracts

(a) the type of entity: European political party or European political foundation;

(b) the registration number allocated by the Authority in accordance with Article 2;

(c) the full name, acronym and logo;

(d) the Member State where the European political party or European political foundation has its seat;

(e) in cases where the Member State of the seat provides for parallel registration, the name, address and website, if any, of the relevant registration authority;

(f) the address of the seat, its correspondence address if different, e-mail address and the website, if any

(g) the date of registration as a European political party or European political foundation and, if applicable, the date of de-registration;

(h) where the European political party or European political foundation was created as the result of conversion from an entity registered in a Member State, the full name and legal status of that entity, including any national registration number;

(i) the date of adoption of statutes and of any amendments to the statutes;

(l) the name of the President/Chair and of those persons vested with administrative, financial and legal representation powers, with a clear indication of their capacity and powers, individually or collectively, to commit the entity vis-à-vis third parties and to represent the entity in legal proceedings.

Article 4

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 December 2015.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 1.