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ARTICLE 24
 

Charge for some non-essential services of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal


The TSE may charge a fee for commercial electronic access to the information included in its databases through the secure mechanisms it deems appropriate and safeguard the right to privacy. In this respect, it may contract with legal entities under public or private law for the electronic provision of the information contained in its databases, with the Tribunal itself determining the tariff regime applicable to these contractual relationships. The information provided by the Tribunal shall respect the principle of informational self-determination and therefore it shall not provide confidential information. Similarly, the Tribunal may charge for providing other non-essential services such as publications, reports or any work produced or sponsored by the Institution, as well as training for external users in matters pertaining its remit, except for political parties or for genealogical studies.


The financial resources generated under this regulation shall be deposited into an authorized treasury account of the National Treasury of the Ministry of Finance, known as the Supreme Electoral Tribunal Specific Fund. This Fund shall be used to improve the provision of the public services which fall within the exclusive remit of the Tribunal. The respective inclusion by way of the ordinary or extraordinary budget of the Republic must be effected in order to dispose of these resources, duly differentiating between expenses chargeable to the Fund in question.