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Paragraph 48
 

The relevant provisions of the LFPE are to be found in Article 21 which was overhauled in 2013 and provides mainly for monetary fines, the amount of which depends on the type of offence. E.g. in the case of non-submission of the annual financial report or the campaign funding report within the statutory deadlines, the fine amounts to 10% of the public funds received by the political entity in the previous year (basic penalty), plus 0.01% of that amount as daily penalty until presentation of the report; in case of presentation of inaccurate and incomplete data, or failure to publish the financial report, or keeping active more than one bank account, the basic penalty is €5,000; in the case of non-submission of documentation copies with the financial reports, €2,000; in the case of failure to inform the CEC about funds received in contradiction with the LFPE, €1,000; in the case of acceptance of donations above the legal thresholds, or from prohibited sources, or whose origin cannot be proved, the political entity is fined twice the value received. Furthermore, a political entity which does not submit a financial report within the deadlines loses eligibility to benefit from public funds in the following year. Finally, if it can be proven that a mandate was won as a result of misuse of funds, the mandate of the candidate or political entity can be taken. As for the LGE, it provides in Article 42 that the CEC may impose administrative fees in accordance with its rules on political entities which fail to submit campaign finance reports within the statutory deadlines.