Transparency and targeting of political advertising
- Stage
- In force, reached 20 Mar 2024
- In force
- In force since 9 Apr 2024 · CELEX 32024R0900
- Procedure
- Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Sandro Gozi (Renew)
- Last activity
- 20 Mar 2024
Where it stands
Latest: Adoption of the legislative act, 20 Mar 2024.
ShowHide the earlier record: 36 dates, 23 Feb 2021 to 26 Feb 2024
- 23 Feb 2021
- Inception impact assessment closed: Transparency of political advertising, 10 responses · Commission
- 2 Apr 2021
- Public consultation closed: Transparency of political advertising, 136 responses · Commission
- 25 Nov 2021
- Adoption by Commission
- 26 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 29 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 30 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 7 Dec 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Dec 2021
- Referred to committee
- 15 Dec 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 31 Jan 2022
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Transparency of political advertising, 18 responses · Commission
- 22 Feb 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 25 Feb 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 29 Apr 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 5 May 2022
- Plenary sitting
- 13 May 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 16 Jun 2022
- Committee report tabled
- 4 Jul 2022
- Committee opinion tabled
- 20 Jul 2022
- Committee opinion tabled
- 26 Jul 2022
- Committee opinion tabled
- 29 Jul 2022
- Committee opinion tabled
- 17 Oct 2022
- Committee opinion adopted
- 25 Oct 2022
- Committee opinion adopted
- 22 Nov 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 25 Nov 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 29 Nov 2022
- Committee opinion adopted
- 1 Dec 2022
- Committee opinion adopted
- 6 Dec 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Dec 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 24 Jan 2023
- Committee report adopted
- 1 Feb 2023
- Debate in plenary
- 2 Feb 2023
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
- 27 Feb 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 1 Mar 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Dec 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 24 Jan 2024
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
- 26 Feb 2024
- Debate in plenary
- 27 Feb 2024
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
- 28 Feb 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 29 Feb 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 5 Mar 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 6 Mar 2024
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Mar 2024
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- 13 Mar 2024
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2024
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Published in the Official Journal
Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Sandro Gozi | Renew | IT | IMCO |
| Shadow rapporteur | Adam Bielan | ECR | PL | IMCO |
| Shadow rapporteur | Alexandra Geese | Greens/EFA | DE | IMCO |
| Shadow rapporteur | Maria-Manuel Leitão-marques | S&D | PT | IMCO |
| Shadow rapporteur | Pablo Arias Echeverría | EPP | ES | IMCO |
| Shadow rapporteur | Stelios Kouloglou | The Left | EL | IMCO |
| Shadow rapporteur | Virginie Joron | PfE | FR | IMCO |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Daniel Freund | Greens/EFA | DE | AFCO |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Sabine Verheyen | EPP | DE | CULT |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Angelika Niebler | EPP | DE | JURI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Anna Júlia Donáth | Renew | HU | LIBE |
Amendments
Tabled on 30 Jan 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By author
- Adam Bielan7
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.
By article
- Article 12 – paragraph 11
- Article 12 – paragraph 21
- Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b1
- Article 20 – paragraph 21
- Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
- Article 7 a (new)1
- Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)1
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 1 adopted, 1 published.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detailed arrangements for the European repository for online political advertisements | Implementing · Regulation | Adopted | Q2 2026 |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1410 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q3 2025 |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A9-0009/2023Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2021)0731Parliament
- OJ C 145 01.04.2022, p. 0012Commission
- Text adopted · OJ L 20.03.2024Commission
- Committee opinion · PE719.609Parliament
- Report · PE732.754Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE734.324Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE735.573Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE735.590Parliament
- Amendments · PE736.500Parliament
- Amendments · PE736.517Parliament
- Agenda · PE758.111Parliament
- Text adopted · Regulation 2024/0900Commission
- Text adopted · SP(2024)270Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0027/2023Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0090/2024Parliament
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2022 | 164 |
Summary
GeneratedThis regulation imposes harmonized transparency rules for political advertising across the EU, covering targeting criteria, sponsorship disclosure, and ad repositories. It applies to political parties, advertisers, publishers, and online platforms involved in political ads. The legislation is now in force, with rapporteur Sandro Gozi.
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