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Article 153
 

Financial Reports on the Receipt and Use of Resources of Electoral Funds and Their Analysis



  1. Managers of the respective accounts of the electoral fund shall provide for reporting on the receipt and use of funds of a party’s electoral fund, or an MP candidate’s electoral fund.

  2. Managers of the current accounts of a party’s electoral fund shall submit, in accordance with the procedure established by this Code, the respective financial reports to a manager of the accumulation account of a party’s electoral fund.


A manager of the accumulation account of a party’s electoral fund shall submit the respective financial reports to a party, the Central Election Commission and the National Agency for Corruption Prevention.


A manager of the current account of an MP candidate’s electoral fund shall submit respective financial reports to a party, in the electoral lists of which he or she has been included, and the respective regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission.



  1. Managers of the respective accounts of a party’s electoral fund, or an MP candidate’s electoral fund shall submit, in accordance with the procedure and within the time period, specified by this Code, two types of the financial reports: interim and final.

  2. A manager of the current account of a party’s electoral fund shall be obliged, no later than eight days prior to the day of voting, submit to a manager of the accumulation account of a party’s electoral fund an interim financial report on the use of funds in the respective current account of a party’s electoral fund, for the time period from the day of opening the current account of the electoral fund till the twelfth day prior to the day of voting.


A manager of the current account of a party’s electoral fund shall be obliged, no later than on the seventh day following the day of voting, submit to a manager of the accumulation account of a party’s electoral fund the final financial report on the use of funds in the respective current account of the electoral fund.



  1. A manager of the accumulation account of a party’s electoral fund shall be obliged, no later than five days prior to the day of voting, submit to a party, in the electoral lists of which he or she has been included, to the Central Election Commission and the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, an interim financial report on the receipt and use of resources of a party’s electoral fund for the time period from the day of opening the accumulation account of the electoral fund till the twelfth day prior to the day of voting (in paper and electronic form), which shall be published on the official websites of a party (if any) and the Central Election Commission and National Agency for Corruption Prevention no later than on the day, following the day of its receipt.


A manager of the accumulation account of a party’s electoral fund shall be obliged, no later than on the fifteenth day, following the day of voting, to submit to a party, the Central Election Commission and the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, a final financial report on the receipt and use of funds of a party’s electoral fund (in paper and electronic form), which shall be published on the official websites of a party (if any) and the Central Election Commission and National Agency for Corruption Prevention no later than on the day, following the day of its receipt.



  1. A manager of the current account of an MP candidate’s electoral fund shall be obliged, no later than eight days prior to the day of voting, to submit to a party, in the electoral list of which he or she has been included, and to the respective regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission, an interim financial report on the receipt and use of funds of an MP candidate’s electoral fund, for the time period from the day of opening the current account of an MP candidate’s electoral fund, till the twelfth day prior to the day of voting, which shall be entered by the respective regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission in the information analysis system for its publication on the official website of the Central Election Commission.


The regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission shall, no later than on the fifth day following the day of receipt of an interim financial report on the receipt and use of resources of an MP candidate’s electoral fund, send its copy (in paper and electronic form) to the National Agency for Corruption Prevention.


A manager of the current account of an MP candidate’s electoral fund shall be obliged, no later than on the tenth day following the day of voting, submit to a party, in the electoral list of which he or she has been included, and to the respective regional or territorial office of the Central Election


Commission, a final financial report on the receipt and use of funds of an MP candidate’s electoral fund, which shall be entered by the respective regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission in the information analysis system for its publication on the official website of the Central Election Commission.


The regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission shall, no later than on the fifth day following the day of receipt of a final financial report on the receipt and use of resources of an MP candidate’s electoral fund, send its copy (in paper and electronic form) to the National Agency for Corruption Prevention.


The financial reports provided for in Parts five and six of this Article shall necessarily contain the following information: a natural person’s last name, first name, patronymic name, and place of residence (oblast, rayon, settlement), subject to mandatory disclosure. Other information relating to a natural person, classified as restricted information, shall not be a subject to disclosure.


The analysis of the financial reports provided for in Part five of this Article shall be performed by the Central Election Commission and the National Agency for the Corruption Prevention. The purpose of the analysis is to establish the compliance of the reporting data with the requirements of this Code, as well as the timeliness of submission of financial reports, and to reconcile the reporting data with the information received from banking institutions, in which the accounts of electoral funds have been opened.


The Central Election Commission and the National Agency for the Corruption Prevention shall, no later than two days prior to the day of voting, and, respectively, no later than the thirtieth day following the day of voting, publish on their official websites an analysis of the financial reports provided for in paragraph one of Part five of this Article, and, respectively, in paragraph two of Part five of this Article.


The analysis of the financial reports provided for in Part six of this Article shall be performed by the respective regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission. The purpose of the analysis is to establish the compliance of the reporting data with the requirements of this Code, as well as the timeliness of submission of financial reports, and to reconcile the reporting data with the information received from banking institutions, in which the accounts of electoral funds have been opened.


The regional or territorial office of the Central Election Commission shall, no later than two days prior to the day of voting, enter in the information analysis system, for its publication on the official website of the Central Election Commission, an analysis of the financial reports provided for in paragraph one of Part six of this Article, and, no later than on the twentieth day following the day of voting, an analysis of the financial reports provided for in paragraph three of Part six of this Article.



  1. Should the Central Election Commission, the National Agency for Corruption Prevention and the respective regional or territorial representations of the Central Election Commission, as a result of analysis of the financial reports, discover a failure to comply with the requirements of the law , the Central Election Commission, the National Agency for the Corruption Prevention or the respective regional or territorial representations of the Central Election Commission within five days from the date of detection of thereof, shall notify in writing the respective bodies, authorized to ensure that persons who have violated the requirements of the law are brought to justice in accordance with the law, or shall ensure, within the limits of their powers, that the respective persons are held accountable.

  2. The financial reports provided for by Parts four, five and six of this Article, shall necessarily contain the information on the receipt of all amounts in the accumulation and current accounts of a party’s electoral fund, and the current account of an MP candidate’s electoral fund; as well as incurred expenses and remaining resources in the respective accounts, including the information on the date of receipt of each contribution in the respective electoral fund, its amount, a person who has made a donation to the respective account of the electoral fund, as well as a party’s name, purpose of payment, the date of payment and the amount of each payment from the respective account of the electoral fund; a beneficiary of each payment.

  3. Forms of financial reports provided for by Parts four, five and six of this Article, and the procedure for the analysis of financial reports shall be established by the Central Election Commission in coordination with the National Agency for Corruption Prevention.

  4. Pursuant to the decision of the Central Election Commission and in accordance with the procedure established by it, the financial statements on the receipt and use of resources of the electoral funds provided for in this Article may be submitted to the Central Election Commission and/or respective regional representation of the Central Election Commission by means of electronic services. In this case, the paper form of the specified report shall not be submitted.