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Article 22
 

22.1. To obtain the registration as a national political association, those who request it should certify the following requirements before the Institute:


a) To have at least 5,000 members in the country and a national management body; also, to have delegations in at least 7 states, and


b) To have basic documents, as well as a name that is different from that of any other association or party.


22.2 . The applicants should, during the month of January of the year prior to the election, together with the registration request, present the documents with which they accredit the previous requirements and, where applicable, those determined by the General Council.


22.3. The General Council, during a maximum period of sixty working days after the date on which it was informed of the registration requests, will decide the appropriate.


22.4. When the registration is approved, the General Council will issue the corresponding certi f cate. In the event of a refusal, the causes motivating it will be explained and communicated to the interested association.


22.5. The registration of the political associations that was approved will take effect on June 1 of the year prior to the election.


22.6. The registered political associations will enjoy of the tax regime established for the political parties in this Law.


22.7. The registered political associations should present an annual report on the previous year about the source and use of the resources that they receive by any modality to the Institute.


22.8. The report referred to in the previous paragraph should be presented no later than during the ninety days following the last day of December of the year that the report covers.


22.9. A national political association will lose its registration due to the following reasons:


a) When its dissolution has been agreed upon by the majority of its members;


b) Grounds for dissolution have occurred, in accordance with its basic documents;


c) To omit presenting the annual report on the source and use of its resources;


d) To not accredit any activity during one calendar year, in the terms established by the Regulations;


e) For serious incompliance with the regulations included in this Law;


f) To have failed to comply with the requirements necessary to obtain the registration, and


g) The other reasons established by this Law.


f) To have failed to comply with the requirements necessary to obtain the registration, and g) The other reasons established by this Law.