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Article 12
 

(1) The Central Election Commission shall register only those lists of candidates whose submitters have made a security deposit of EUR 1,400 in the bank account of the Central Election Commission.


(2) The bank shall issue the depositor a document bearing the date, the name of the depositor and the name of the list of candidates for which the deposit was made. The bank document shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission.


(3) The security deposit shall entitle the depositor to submit lists of candidates bearing the same name for all constituencies; the deposit shall be returned to the depositor if his/her list of candidates receives at least two per cent of valid votes cast.


(4) If a list of candidates receives less than two per cent of valid votes cast, the Central Election Commission shall transfer the security deposit to the state budget.


(As amended by the 30 May 2002 Law, 12 September 2013 Law and the 6 February 2014 Law)