(1) Within no more than 90 days from the date of the elections to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall reimburse to the political parties, political alliances and organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, based on the supporting documents provided by the financial mandatary within no more than 30 days from the election date, the sums related to the expenses incurred in all the constituencies, as well as those incurred at central level, if the political party, the political alliance, the electoral alliance or the organisation of citizens belonging to the national minorities has obtained a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast at national level, for each of the two Parliament chambers.

(2) If the political party, political alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to the national minorities participating in the elections for the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate has failed to obtain a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast at national level, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall reimburse to them, on the basis of the supporting documents provided by the financial mandatary, only the sums related to the expenses incurred in the constituency where it obtained a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast.

(3) No later than 90 days after the date of the elections to the European Parliament and for the President of Romania, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall reimburse to political parties, political alliances, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities or to the independent candidates respectively, on the basis of the supporting documents provided by the financial mandatary within no more than 30 days from the election date, the sums related to the expenses incurred at national level if the political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities or the independent candidate respectively has obtained a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast at national level.

(4) Within no more than 90 days after the local elections date, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall reimburse to the political parties, political alliances, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, on the basis of the supporting documents provided by the financial mandatary within no more than 30 days from the election date, the sums related to the expenses incurred in all constituencies, as well as those incurred at central level if the political party, political alliance, electoral alliance or organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities has obtained a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast by cumulating the votes cast for all of the local councils and the councils of the Bucharest municipality districts, the county councils, the General Council of Bucharest Municipality, and all the candidatures for the office of mayor or General Mayor of the Bucharest Municipality respectively.

(5) If the political party, political alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities participating in the local elections has failed to obtain a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast as provided for in paragraph (4) at national level, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall reimburse to them, based on the supporting documents provided by the financial mandatary, only the sums related to the expenses incurred at county, Bucharest municipality district or Bucharest municipality level, where it obtained a minimum of 3% of such votes, as applicable.

(6) The sums additionally spent at central level by the political party, political alliance and organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities shall only be reimbursed if they obtained a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast at national level.

(7) No later than 90 days after the date of the elections to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall reimburse to the independent candidates, based on the supporting documents provided by the financial mandatary within no more than 30 days from the election date, the sums related to the expenses incurred during the electoral campaign, if they obtained a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast in the constituency where they stood as a candidate.

(8) In the case of local elections, the expenses incurred in a constituency by an independent candidate shall only be reimbursed if the candidate obtained a minimum of 3% of the valid votes cast for the position for which he/she stood as a candidate.

(9) No later than 90 days after the date of the elections for the Chamber of Deputies, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall reimburse the sums related to the electoral campaign expenses to the organisation of citizens belonging to the national minorities which obtained one deputy mandate at national level, based on the supporting documents provided by the financial mandatary within no more than 30 days from the election date.

(10) Political parties, through their financial mandataries, shall be required to refund to the candidates, within 30 days from the date of the reimbursement by the Permanent Electoral Authority, the sums reimbursed and/or the sums not spent according to the contributions deposited by them.

(11) The following shall not be reimbursed:

a) the sums related to the expenses exceeding the ceilings laid down in Article 37;

b) the sums related to the expenses financed from different sources than those provided for in this law;

c) the sums used during the electoral campaign in breach of the provisions of Article 38 paragraph (2).

d) the sums related to the electoral expenses financed from the incomes provided for in Article 3 paragraph (1) point d).

(12) The Permanent Electoral Authority shall validate and reimburse, in observance of the ceilings laid down in Article 37 and Article 38 paragraph (2), the sums related to the expenses incurred in the constituencies, as well as those incurred at central level, ascertained to comply with the intended purposes provided for in Article 38 paragraph (2), and which are not financed from other sources than those provided by law.

(13) Electoral competitors may rectify any mismatches and/or errors in the supporting documents before completion of the control conducted by the Permanent Electoral Authority. If the errors are not rectified on its own initiative or at the request of the control authority, the sum provided in the supporting document in question shall no longer be validated and reimbursed by the Permanent Electoral Authority.