DECISION OF THE AUTHORITY FOR EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS

of 29 August 2018

to remove Alliance of European National Movements from the Register

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2018/C 417/05)

THE AUTHORITY FOR EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND EUROPEAN POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS,

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 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), in particular Article 40a thereof,

Whereas:

(1) On 13 September 2017, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (2).

(2) On 20 September 2017, the Authority for European political parties and European political foundations (‘Authority’) received an application for registration as a European political party under Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 from Alliance of European National Movements (‘AEMN’).

(3) On 12 January 2018, the Authority adopted a decision to register AEMN as a European political party (the ‘decision to register’).

(4) On 6 April 2018, the decision to register was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and AEMN acquired European legal personality.

(5) On 3 May 2018, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/673 (3) amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014. Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/673 entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, i.e., 4 May 2018, and amended, among other things, the conditions applicants must satisfy to obtain registration as a European political party.

(6) Pursuant to Article 40a(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, European political parties registered before 4 May 2018 were required to submit documents proving that they satisfied the conditions laid down in points (b) and (ba) of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 as amended (the ‘amended conditions for registration’) by 5 July 2018 at the latest.

(7) On 4 May 2018, the Authority addressed to all registered European political parties a letter informing them of the conclusion of the legislative process leading to the adoption of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/673 (the ‘letter of 4 May 2018’). The letter of 4 May 2018 set out the implications of the new legal framework and reminded European political parties of their obligation to submit documents proving that they satisfied the amended conditions for registration by 5 July 2018.

(8) AEMN did not submit any documents to prove that it satisfied the amended conditions for registration by 5 July 2018.

(9) On 3 August 2018, the Authority sent AEMN a preliminary assessment to provide it with an opportunity be heard pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 with respect to the amended conditions for registration and its failure to produce any documents by 5 July 2018.

(10) AEMN did not submit any observations in response to the Authority’s preliminary assessment of 3 August 2018.

(11) Pursuant to Article 40a(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, the Authority considers that AEMN failed to prove that it satisfied the amended conditions for registration by 5 July 2018 and that AEMN must therefore be removed from the Register,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Alliance of European National Movements is hereby removed from the Register.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to

Alliance of European National Movements

11 rue de Wissembourg

67000 Strasbourg

FRANCE

Done at Brussels, 29 August 2018.

For the Authority for European political parties and European political foundations

The Director

M. ADAM

(1)  

OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 1

.

(2)  COM/2017/0481 final — 2017/0219 (COD).

(3)  

OJ L 114 I, 4.5.2018, p. 1

.