Ensuring the necessary resources for holding elections

(1) Expenditure for the organisation and conduct of elections shall be covered from the State budget, within the limit of the Central Electoral Commission allocations, approved by the annual budget law.

(2) Expenditure for the organisation and conduct of elections represent an integral part of the budget of the Central Electoral Commission. Keeping accounting records of expenses for the organisation and holding of elections and referendum and the financial reporting on the management of the allocated funds shall be made in accordance with Accounting Law no. 113/2007 and with the rules approved by the Ministry of Finance.

(3) The Central Electoral Commission estimates the costs for the organisation and conduct of elections on the basis of the expenditure incurred during the previous elections and approve, by decision, the estimated cost. The expense estimation shall include, as separate lines, the expenses for the Central Electoral Commission activity, for the activity of the Centre for Continuous Electoral Training, and for the activities of the District Electoral Councils, including the expenditure referred to in paragraphs (4) and (5), according to the type of the electoral event to be held.

(4) The Centre for Continuous Electoral Training shall estimate the expenses for trainings held during the electoral period and present them for the approval of the Commission, in accordance with paragraph (3).

(5) The District Electoral Councils shall be financed from the State budget, under the limit established by the Central Electoral Commission. The method of distribution and use of the allocated founds shall be determined by the Central Electoral Commission, on the basis of the expenses estimation, approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(6) For the polling stations established abroad and for voters from the localities situated on the left bank of Dniester River, the expenses shall be estimated by the Central Electoral Commission.

(7) The decision on the approval of expense estimation shall be submitted, no later than 7 days after its adoption, to the competent authorities, in order to ensure the funds necessary for the organisation and holding of elections.

(8) The unused funds for the organisation and conduct of elections shall be reimbursed to the State budget.