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Article 98
 

Reimbursement of Expenses of Parties (Parties, forming a Bloc) Related to Financing their Election Campaign

 

1.    Parties (parties forming blocs) which party lists received three or more percent of votes cast at the elections, shall be entitled for reimbursement of the expenses related to financing their election campaign from the State budget of Ukraine in the amount equal to factual expenses but not more than one hundred thousand of minimal salaries for each party (bloc).

 

2.    On the basis of a financial report on receiving and using the finances of the a party’s (bloc’s) election fund submitted in accordance with the procedure stipulated by paragraph 6 Article 51 of this Law, the Central Election Commission, no later than on the tenth day from the day of official promulgation of the election results, shall adopt a decision on satisfying or rejecting the request for reimbursement of expenses related to financing election campaign of parties (parties forming blocs). In case if Central Election Commission partly rejected the request for reimbursement, the sum of expenses claimed in the financial report related to financing election campaign of party (bloc), shall be decreased on amounts contested value.

 

3.    The grounds for rejecting the request for reimbursement of expenses related to financing election campaign of parties (parties forming blocs) shall be the facts establishing by the Central Election Commission during examination of the information which is specified in the financial report on receiving and using the finances of the a party (bloc), that demonstrate that the party (bloc) violated the requirements of this Law concerning the order of formation of the a party’s (bloc’s) election fund or use of finances of a party (bloc) for the purposes which are not related to the election campaign..

 

4.    The copy of the decision of the Central Election Commission on accepting or rejecting the request for reimbursement of expenses related to the election campaign of the party (parties forming blocs) shall be forwarded to the concerned party (parties forming blocs) no later than on the second day from the day of the adoption of such decision.

 

5.    Governing body of a bloc, no later than on the tenth day from the receiving the copy of the decision concerning the reimbursement of expenses mentioned in paragraph 4 of this Article, should submit to the Central Election Commission proportions in which expenses intended to the reimbursement to parties forming blocs should be distributed between parties forming blocs. Finances which are designated to reimburse expenses related to the election campaign of parties forming a bloc shall be distributed by the Central Election Commission among parties forming a bloc in proportions determined by the mentioned claim of a governing body of a bloc.

 

6.    The decision of the Central Election Commission on rejecting the request for the reimbursement of expenses concerned with financing of the election campaign of a party (parties forming a bloc) can be disputed in court.

 

7.    Funds for reimbursement to the parties of expenses concerned with financing of the election campaigns of parties (parties forming a bloc) are be stipulated by the Law On the State Budget of Ukraine for the financial year that follows the year of elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine. Central Election Commission is the principal manager of the funds for the reimbursement of the expanses concerned with financing of election campaigns of parties (parties forming a bloc).

 

8.    The funds for reimbursement of expenses related to financing of election campaigns of parties (parties forming a bloc) shall be transferred to the account of the respective party (parties forming a bloc) based on the decision of the Central Election Commission no later than on the thirtieth day from the day of enactment of the Law On the State Budget of Ukraine which, according to paragraph 7 of this Article, provides means for the funds of reimbursing of the expenses concerned with financing of election campaigns of parties (parties forming a bloc).