Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 requires the Authority for European political parties and European political foundations (‘the Authority’) to establish and manage a register of European political parties and foundations (‘the Register’).

The Register should be the repository of data, particulars and documents submitted with applications for registration as a European political party or a European political foundation, as well as any subsequent data, particulars and documents submitted by a European political party or a European political foundation pursuant to this Regulation.

The Authority should receive the information and supporting documents it requires in order to fully discharge its responsibilities for the Register.

The Register should provide a public service for the benefit of transparency, accountability and legal certainty. For that reason, the Authority should operate the Register in a way which provides appropriate access to and certification of information contained in it, while respecting its obligations for protection of personal data under Article 33 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, including in its role as a data controller defined in Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council2.

The Authority should provide the standard extract from the Register containing information set by Implementing Regulation adopted by the Commission under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014.

The operational modalities, which should remain proportionate, should be left for the Authority to determine.

The Register should be distinct from the website set up by the European Parliament in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014, nevertheless some of the documents stored in the Register should be made publicly available on that website,