(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6 of the Law on Financing of Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Central Election Commission of BiH may submit a budget request in accordance with Article 1.2 of this Law, which exceeds the amount of expenditure ceiling determined by the Ministry of Finance and Treasury of BiH, if such request is in accordance with the approved Rulebook on Internal Organization, the necessary engagement of external staff and the introduction of election technologies.

(2) The Ministry of Finance and Treasury of Bosnia and Herzegovina may provide its opinion on the budget request of the Central Election Commission of BiH, without possibility of its alteration, except in the case when the budget of the Central Election Commission of BiH is contrary to the obligations taken on limitations of expenditure and/or spending pursuant to international agreements entered into, or when the draft budget leads to budgetary imbalance the balancing of which would lead to decrease of the draft budget of any other budget user, individually or linearly at the aggregated level.