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Document C2019/249/04
Call for contributions No IX-2020/01 — ‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES’
Call for contributions No IX-2020/01 — ‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES’
Call for contributions No IX-2020/01 — ‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES’
OJ C 249, 25.7.2019, pp. 48–57
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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25.7.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 249/48 |
Call for contributions No IX-2020/01
‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES’
(2019/C 249/04)
Contents
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INTRODUCTION AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK | 48 |
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OBJECTIVE OF THE CALL | 49 |
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PURPOSE, CATEGORY AND FORM OF FUNDING | 49 |
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BUDGET AVAILABLE | 49 |
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ADMISSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS | 49 |
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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF FUNDING APPLICATIONS | 50 |
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Exclusion criteria | 50 |
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Eligibility criteria | 50 |
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F.3 |
Award criteria and distribution of funding | 50 |
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SHARED CONTROL BY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND AUTHORITY | 51 |
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H. |
TERMS AND CONDITIONS | 51 |
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TIMING | 51 |
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DISCLOSURE AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA | 51 |
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OTHER INFORMATION | 52 |
A. INTRODUCTION AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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Under Article 10(4) of the Treaty on European Union ‘political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens of the Union’. |
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In accordance with Article 224 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Council lay down the regulations governing political parties at European level and in particular the rules regarding their funding. These rules are laid down in 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), as subsequently amended. |
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Pursuant to Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, a European political party which is registered in accordance with the conditions and procedures of the regulation and represented in the European Parliament by at least one of its members, and is not in one of the situations of exclusion referred to in Article 136(1) of the Financial Regulation, may apply for funding from the general budget of the European Union, in accordance with the terms and conditions published by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament in a call for contributions. |
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Hence, the European Parliament is launching this call for contributions with a view to awarding contributions to European political parties (‘call’). |
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The basic legal framework is defined in the following legal acts:
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B. OBJECTIVE OF THE CALL
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The objective of this call is to invite registered European political parties to submit applications for funding from the Union budget (‘funding applications’). |
C. PURPOSE, CATEGORY AND FORM OF FUNDING
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The purpose of the funding is to support the European political party’s statutory activities and objectives for the financial year from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 under the terms and conditions set out in the contribution agreement to be concluded between the beneficiary European political party and the European Parliament. |
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The category of the funding is the contribution to European political parties, pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Regulation (‘contribution’). The contribution takes the form of a reimbursement of a percentage of reimbursable expenditure actually incurred. |
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The maximum amount paid to the beneficiary by the European Parliament may neither exceed 90 % of the reimbursable expenditure indicated in the estimated budget nor 90 % of the reimbursable expenditure that were actually incurred. |
D. BUDGET AVAILABLE
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The foreseen funding for the financial year 2020 under Article 402 of Parliament’s budget ‘Funding of European political parties’ amounts to EUR 42 000 000. The final available appropriations are subject to approval by the budgetary authority. |
E. ADMISSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS
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Funding applications will be admissible if they
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Applications assessed as incomplete may be rejected. |
F. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF FUNDING APPLICATIONS
F.1 Exclusion criteria
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Applicants shall be excluded from funding procedure, if they are:
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F.2 Eligibility criteria
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In order to be eligible for Union funding, applicants must satisfy the conditions laid down in Articles 17 and 18 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, i.e. the applicant
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Moreover, in accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, membership of a Member of the European Parliament in several European political parties will result in considering the Member concerned as a member of only one European political party, which shall, where relevant, be the one to which his or her national or regional political party is affiliated on the final date for submission of funding applications. |
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Member parties of European political parties are encouraged to include information on gender balance on their websites. |
F.3 Award criteria and distribution of funding
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In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, the respective available appropriations shall be distributed annually. They shall be distributed among the European political parties whose applications for funding have been approved in the light of the eligibility and exclusion criteria, on the basis of the following distribution key:
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G. SHARED CONTROL BY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND AUTHORITY
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Article 24(1) and (2) (9), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 foresee shared control between the European Parliament and the Authority. |
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Where, pursuant to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, the Authority is competent for controlling compliance with the provisions of that Regulation, the European Parliament shall forward the relevant documentation to the Authority. The Authority will communicate to the European Parliament the result of its controls and verifications. |
H. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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Applicants are obliged to notify the European Parliament of any changes as regards the documents submitted or any information referred to in the application within two weeks of such a change. Failing such notification, the authorising officer may decide on the basis of the information available, notwithstanding any information provided at a later stage. |
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In respect to the condition that the applicant continues to fulfil the criteria for funding, the burden of proof rests with the applicant. |
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The terms and conditions as regards Union funding to be awarded under this call are laid down in Annex 1a to the Bureau Decision specified in paragraph 5(b) of this call. |
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Each applicant shall accept the terms and conditions referred to in paragraph 22 of this call, by signing the declaration form which is annexed to the present call. These terms and conditions bind the beneficiary to whom the funding is awarded and are stipulated in the contribution agreement. |
I. TIMING
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The deadline for submitting the funding applications is 30 September 2019. |
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The Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall adopt a decision within three months after the closure of the call for contributions. |
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It is foreseen that successful applicants will receive in January 2020 the draft contribution agreement to be signed by them and that rejected applicants will be informed at the same time. The payment of the pre-financing shall take place within 30 days following the subsequent signature of the contribution agreement on behalf of the European Parliament. |
J. DISCLOSURE AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
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The European Parliament and the Authority shall publish, including on the internet, information pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014. |
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Any personal data collected in the context of the present call shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (10) and pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014. |
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Such data shall be processed for the purpose of evaluating the funding applications and safeguarding the financial interests of the Union. This is without prejudice to the possible transfer of this data to the bodies responsible for carrying out verification and audit tasks in accordance with Union law, such as internal audit services of the European Parliament, the Authority, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the European Court of Auditors, or the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). |
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On the basis of a written request, any natural person related to the beneficiary may obtain access to his or her personal data and rectify any inaccurate or incomplete data. The request concerning the processing of his or her personal data may be submitted to the European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Finance or the European Parliament’s Data Protection Officer. The person concerned may, at any time, lodge a complaint to the European Data Protection Supervisor concerning the processing of his or her personal data. |
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Personal data may be registered in the Early Detection and Exclusion System by the European Parliament, should the beneficiary be in one of the situations mentioned in Article 136(1) and 141 of the Financial Regulation. |
K. OTHER INFORMATION
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Any questions relating to this call should be sent by email, quoting the publication reference, to the following address: fin.part.fond.pol@europarl.europa.eu |
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The basic legislation specified in paragraph 5(b) of this call and the funding application form annexed to this call are available on the European Parliament’s internet site (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/tenders/invitations.htm). |
Annex: Funding application form, including the financial identification form, the declaration on the terms and conditions as well as the exclusion criteria, and the model of estimated budget
(1) OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 1. Two amendments were published in OJ L 114 I, 4.5.2018, p. 1, and in OJ L 85 I, 27.3.2019, p. 7.
(2) See page 2 of this Official Journal.
(3) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 333, 19.12.2015, p. 50.
(5) OJ L 318, 4.12.2015, p. 28.
(6) European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure of March 2019.
(7) Established pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014.
(8) Unless the applicant was not subject to the control under Article 23 of the Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 (for example: newly created, etc.)
(9) Article 24(1)-(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 — General rules on control:
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Control of compliance by European political parties and European political foundations with their obligations under this Regulation shall be exercised, in cooperation, by the Authority, by the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament and by the competent Member States. |
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The Authority shall control compliance by European political parties and European political foundations with their obligations under this Regulation, in particular in relation to Article 3, points (a), (b), and (d) to (f) of Article 4(1), points (a) to (e) and (g) of Article 5(1), Article 9(5) and (6), and Articles 20, 21 and 22. |
The Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall control compliance by European political parties and European political foundations with the obligations relating to Union funding under this Regulation in accordance with the Financial Regulation. In carrying out such controls, the European Parliament shall take the necessary measures in the fields of the prevention of and the fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union.’
Annex a
FUNDING APPLICATION FORM
CONTRIBUTIONS (1) TO EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES
FOR FINANCIAL YEAR [INSERT]
COMPOSITION OF FUNDING APPLICATION
The following table is intended to help you prepare your funding application. It can be used as a checklist to make sure that you have included all the requisite documents.
FINANCIAL IDENTIFICATION FORM
DECLARATION ON GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS WELL AS EXCLUSION CRITERIA
I, the undersigned, the legal representative of [insert applicant's name] certify that:
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I have read and agree to the General Terms and Conditions as stipulated in the model contribution agreement, |
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the applicant is not in one of the situations referred to in Article 136(1) (*1) and 141 (*1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) (‘Financial Regulation’), |
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the applicant is not subject of any of the sanctions provided for in Article 27(1) (*1) and in points (v), (vi) and (vii) of Article 27(2)(a) (*1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), |
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the information supplied in this application and its annexes is accurate and no information has been withheld, either in full or in part, from the European Parliament. |
Authorised signature:
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Title (Mrs, Mr, Prof …), name and forename: |
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Function in the organisation applying for funding: |
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Place/Date: |
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Signature: |
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(1) The category of the funding is the contribution to European political parties, pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Regulation (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
(*1) The Articles listed above are referred to below:
Article 136(1) of the Financial Regulation
The authorising officer responsible shall exclude a person or entity referred to in Article 135(2) from participating in award procedures governed by this Regulation or from being selected for implementing Union funds where that person or entity is in one or more of the following exclusion situations:
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the person or entity is bankrupt, subject to insolvency or winding-up procedures, its assets are being administered by a liquidator or by a court, it is in an arrangement with creditors, its business activities are suspended, or it is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for under Union or national law; |
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it has been established by a final judgment or a final administrative decision that the person or entity is in breach of its obligations relating to the payment of taxes or social security contributions in accordance with the applicable law; |
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it has been established by a final judgment or a final administrative decision that the person or entity is guilty of grave professional misconduct by having violated applicable laws or regulations or ethical standards of the profession to which the person or entity belongs, or by having engaged in any wrongful conduct which has an impact on its professional credibility where such conduct denotes wrongful intent or gross negligence, including, in particular, any of the following:
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it has been established by a final judgment that the person or entity is guilty of any of the following:
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the person or entity has shown significant deficiencies in complying with main obligations in the implementation of a legal commitment financed by the budget which has:
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it has been established by a final judgment or final administrative decision that the person or entity has committed an irregularity within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95); |
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it has been established by a final judgment or final administrative decision that the person or entity has created an entity in a different jurisdiction with the intent to circumvent fiscal, social or any other legal obligations in the jurisdiction of its registered office, central administration or principal place of business; |
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it has been established by a final judgment or final administrative decision that an entity has been created with the intent referred to in point (g). |
Article 141(1) of the Financial Regulation:
The authorising officer responsible shall reject from an award procedure a participant who:
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is in an exclusion situation established in accordance with Article 136; |
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has misrepresented the information required as a condition for participating in the procedure or has failed to supply that information; |
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was previously involved in the preparation of documents used in the award procedure where this entails a breach of the principle of equality of treatment, including distortion of competition, that cannot be remedied otherwise. |
In accordance with Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, the applicant may not be the subject of any of the sanctions provided for in Article 27(1) and in points (a)(v), (vi) and (vii) of Article 27(2).
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 — Article 27(1):
In accordance with Article 16, the Authority shall decide to remove a European political party or a European political foundation from the Register by way of sanction in any of the following situations:
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where the party or foundation in question has been found by a judgment having the force of res judicata to have engaged in illegal activities detrimental to the financial interests of the Union as defined in Article 106(1) of the Financial Regulation; |
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where it is established, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 10(2) to (5), that it no longer fulfils one or more of the conditions set out in Article 3(1) or (2); |
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where a decision to register the party or foundation in question is based on incorrect or misleading information for which the applicant is responsible, or where such a decision has been obtained by deceit; or |
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where a request by a Member State for de-registration on grounds of serious failure to fulfil obligations under national law meets the requirements set out in point (b) of Article 16(3). |
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 — Article 27(2)(a)(v), (vi) and (vii):
The Authority shall impose financial sanctions in the following situations:
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non-quantifiable infringements:
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Annex b
ESTIMATED BUDGET
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G. Profit/loss for verifying compliance with the no-profit rule (E-F) |
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I. European Parliament funding carried over to year N+1 |
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