Article 18 Communication
1. The Commission shall raise public awareness about the existence, objectives and functioning of the European citizens' initiative through communication activities and information campaigns, thereby contributing to promoting the active participation of citizens in the political life of the Union.
The European Parliament shall contribute to the communication activities of the Commission.
2. For the purposes of communication and information activities regarding the initiative concerned and subject to explicit consent by a signatory, his or her email address may be collected by a group of organisers or by the Commission.
Potential signatories shall be informed that their right to support an initiative is not conditional on giving their consent to collecting their email address.
3. Email addresses may not be collected as part of the statement of support forms. However, they may be collected at the same time as statements of support, provided they are processed separately.
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