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Chapter VI on election funding provides the CEC with an annual budget for the election administration. This seems to be appropriate, since a permanent CEC needs to have a regular, permanent budget. Furthermore, if the budgetary funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of elections are not transferred to the account of the CEC in a timely manner, the CEC has the right to file a claim with the Supreme Court (Art. 43). In practice, however, the limited and late availability of funding for the CEC, and as a result for the DECs and PECs, was criticised by observers of the 2003 parliamentary elections. The lack of resources increased the dependency of the DECs and PECs on regional and local authorities.