#32026R0818Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/818
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This regulation sets up a system for managing online political ads in the EU. It introduces a standardized data format and API for the European repository to make political ad data machine-readable and accessible. It impacts advertisers, online platforms, and regulators in the EU, ensuring more transparency and facilitating oversight.
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Key Changes
- Establishment of standardized data structures for online political ads
- Introduction of a common API for accessing political ad data
- Requirement for standardized metadata for all political ads
Obligations
What this law requires
Establish and maintain a common data structure for the European repository for online political advertisements that is machine-readable, supports multicriteria queries, and is publicly accessible
Provide standardized metadata for all online political advertisements that includes transparency notice elements, identification information, permanent URL where the ad is available, and language of metadata elements
Implement a common application programming interface (API) for the European repository to enable third-party and public access to political advertisement data
Implement standardized authentication mechanisms for the European repository as specified in this regulation
Develop and maintain a controlled vocabulary with standardized and hierarchical taxonomies of terms for political advertisements to ensure interoperability and search engine indexation