Parties, which win at least one mandate, are entitled to reimbursement based on their actual campaign expenditures up to a prescribed limit (Article 96.1).[10] The CEC is entitled to reject a request for reimbursement if it discovers evidence that the party violated the rules on campaign spending (Article 96.3). This sanction may prove overly harsh if the violation in question is minor and it would be a better practice that reimbursement should be refused only in cases of serious violations of the campaign funding rules. A variety of appropriate administrative sanctions should also be available to ensure that remedies are proportionate to the violation.
