As already stated in Part A above, public funding of political parties is already provided for in Article 21 of Legislative Decree no. 2011-87, but has not yet been applied in practice (apart from public funding of electoral campaigns as provided for in the Electoral Law). Articles 37 et seq. of the draft law introduce more detailed provisions that will enable the payment of annual allowances to parliamentary parties, and also to parties not represented in parliament, provided that the latter have run in at least five constituencies and have obtained a number of votes at national level.