EDPS Formal comments on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation on the format, template and technical specifications of the labels and transparency notices of political advertisements

EDPS Formal comments on the Commission draft Implementing Regulation on the format, template and technical specifications of the labels and transparency notices of political advertisements in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/900 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of individuals 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 (‘EUDPR’)1, and in particular Article 42(1) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING FORMAL COMMENTS: 1. Introduction and background 1. On 2 June 2025, the European Commission consulted the EDPS on the draft Implementing Regulation on the format, template and technical specifications of the labels and transparency notices of political advertisements in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/900 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the draft implementing regulation’). 2. The objective of the draft implementing regulation is to lay down uniform conditions for the format and template of the labels referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2024/900, as well as for the format...