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Introduced Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising including local operation requirement

On 25 November 2022, the European Commission introduced a draft Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising. The Regulation would apply to political advertisements, including ads concerning issues that might influence a pol…

  • European Democracy: Commission sets out new laws on political advertising, electoral rights and party funding, European Commission (Official)

Scope

Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
Local operations requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider, platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2021-11-25
under deliberation

On 25 November 2022, the European Commission introduced a draft Regulation on the transparency and …

2022-12-13
under deliberation

On 13 December 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted its general approach on the Regulati…

2023-02-02
under deliberation

On 2 February 2023, the European Parliament passed its position on the Regulation of the transparen…

2023-11-06
under deliberation

On 6 November 2023, the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Parliament reached an a…

2024-02-27
under deliberation

On 27 February 2024, the European Parliament adopted the Regulation on the transparency and targeti…

2024-03-11
adopted

On 11 March 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted the Regulation on the transparency and …

2024-04-09
in grace period

On 9 April 2024, the Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising entered…

2025-10-10
in force

On 10 October 2025, the Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising enter…