(1) Yearly and whenever applied to, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall verify whether each party has complied with the legal provisions on the income and expenditure of political parties.

(2) Any person who produces evidence that the legal provisions on the financing of political parties and of the electoral campaigns have not been complied with may apply to the Permanent Electoral Authority.

(3) The annual report shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, and on the web page of the Permanent Electoral Authority by 30 April of next year.

4) The Permanent Electoral Authority may control the compliance with the legal provisions on the financing of political parties and of the electoral campaigns, including when suspicions arise that the legal provisions on the financing of political parties and of the electoral campaigns have been infringed, following the applications submitted by any persons concerned or ex officio.

(5) Should there arise any suspicions, during the control conducted by the Permanent Electoral Authority, in relation to the compliance with the legal provisions on the financing of political parties and of the electoral campaigns, that acts of a criminal nature have been perpetrated, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall refer the matter to the criminal investigation bodies.

(6) The outcome of each such control shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, and on the web page of the Permanent Electoral Authority within 45 days from the date of the control.