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Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) ~~Political views expressed~~The media contribute to the good- functioning of democratic processes and play an essential role in freedom of expression and the right to information, particularly during election periods. They provide a space for public debate and contribute to public opinion-forming. This Regulation should therefore not affect the media’s editorial freedom. Political views expressed under the editorial responsibility of a service provider in the programmes of audiovisual media including linear and non-linear broadcasts or published in printed media without direct payment or equivalent remuneration should not be covered by this Regulation.

2022/09/09
Committee: AFCO

Helmut SCHOLZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be in writing and ~~may be~~ in electronic form. Such information shall be retained for a period of at least five years from the date of the last preparation, placement, publication or dissemination, as the case may be.

2022/09/09
Committee: AFCO

Helmut SCHOLZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Transparency notices shall be kept up to date and presented in a format which is easily accessible and, where technically possible, machine readable, clearly visible and user friendly, including through the use of plain language. The information shall be published by the political advertising publisher with the political advertisement from its first publication until onfive years after its last publication.

2022/09/09
Committee: AFCO

Helmut SCHOLZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)

Article 7 a Single European political advertising repository 1. A Single European political advertising repository shall be created, developed, updated and maintained by the European Commission in order to publish the transparency notices in accordance with Article 6. 2. The repository shall include a list of the campaigns and electoral periods communicated by the Member States in accordance with Article 17. It shall allow, where applicable, each transparency notice to be directly linked to each relevant election, referendum or campaign as well as the possibility to systematically download transparency notices in form of a user-friendly data set. 3. For the publication of transparency notices, the Commission shall charge political advertising publishers a fee established on the basis of the revenue generated from political advertising, while exempting from such a fee micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2013/34/EU. 4. The revenue generated from such fees should be entirely dedicated to the development, update and maintenance of the Single European political advertising repository. 5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 supplementing this Regulation by establishing a proportionate scale of contributions for the publication of transparency notices, while ensuring that minimal administrative burden is put on political advertising publishers.

2022/09/09
Committee: AFCO

Helmut SCHOLZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. Where they provide political advertising services, advertising publishers shall put in place mechanisms to enable individuals to notify them, free of charge and anonymously, that a particular advertisement which they have published does not comply with this Regulation.

2022/09/09
Committee: AFCO

Helmut SCHOLZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)

Article 11 a Publication of a randomised set of standardised political advertisements of political entities by very large online platforms during the elections to the European Parliament 1. Very large online platforms within the meaning of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2021/XXXX (DSA) that provide political advertising services in the context of the elections to the European Parliament, shall display randomised political advertisements in a dedicated, immediately visible and easily accessible section, in accordance with the principle of equal access and free of cost. 2. The political advertisements referred to in this Article shall be submitted by registered political entities in a standardised format, defined by each very large online platform in accordance with specific criteria based on their rules for the display of political advertisements, and shall include a reference to the transparency notice in accordance with the criteria established in Article 11 as well as statistics on the amount of submissions referred to in paragraph 1 together with the corresponding political advertisement that each submission refers to. Such advertisements shall be stored in the single European political advertising repository established by Article 7a. 3. Only registered political entities complying with the rules for registration for the elections to the European Parliament in their respective constituency shall be entitled to submit the political advertisements referred to in this Article to the relevant very large online platforms. 4. Targeting criteria used in this context by very large online platforms shall be limited to the criteria that are strictly necessary to identify users with their potential electoral constituency and shall include only the place of residence and the language. 5. Other targeting or amplification techniques in the context of the publication of a randomised set of standardised political advertisements of political entities shall be prohibited. 6. The time-period during which the political advertisements referred to in this Article may be displayed shall be limited to 15 days before the elections. 7. The online platforms shall not collect any data concerning the users to whom the political advertisements referred to in this Article are displayed or users’ engagement with such ads. 8. Each registered political entity shall be guaranteed a reasonable, minimum amount of visibility. Electoral entities may be given more visibility depending on their results in the last and penultimate European elections and their representation at Union, national, regional and local levels. The ratio of visibility between the registered political entities must not be higher than 1:5. 9. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 19 supplementing this Regulation by laying down the rights and obligations of registered political entities and very large online platforms regarding the display of randomised political advertisements.

2022/09/09
Committee: AFCO

6 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2021/0381(COD)

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