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Article 15
 

(1) A political party and an independent candidate participating in the elections for the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina at all levels shall, at the time of submitting the application for certification for participation in the elections, submit to the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina a report on the transactions completed through the special account for the period from its opening until the day of submitting the application for election certification.


(2) The application for participation in the elections of the political party and the independent candidate shall not be certified if the political party and the independent candidate fail to submit the report on the transactions completed through the special account for financing election campaign expenses for the period from its opening tothe day of submitting the application for election certification.


(3) Three days before the election day, the report on the transactions completed through the special account for financing the election campaign shall be submitted by entering it in the electronic application. The report shall include all sources of monetary and non-monetary donations, the date and amount of such payment; report on all costs (expenditures) of the election campaign, as well as the accounts of suppliers andservice providers, with updated data until the date of the report submission.


(4) Within 30 days following the date of publication of the election results in the Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the financial report on the transactions completed through the special account for election campaign financing shall be submitted by entering it in the electronic application. The report shall include all sources of election campaign funding, election campaign expenses (expenditures) for the period between the date of submission of the application for certification for the elections and the date of the report, as well as on the amounts and type of outstanding debts for election campaign expenses and time necessary for their payment.


(5) A political party and an independent candidate participating in the elections for the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina at all levels shall inform the Central Election Commission on closing the special account.