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<L 2003-04-02/34, art. 6, 005; Effective with: 16-04-2003> Upon request of a list number, political parties submit a written statement in which they commit to:
1° observe the legal provisions related to the restriction and control of election expenses;
2° account, with confirmation of receipt and within fourty-five days following the election date, for their election expenses and origin of funds assigned to the president of the main office within the election division for the election of the Chamber of representatives, in the jurisdiction of which the party's office is established, and transmit, for the purpose of exercicing the right of consultation as per article 94ter, § 2, paragraph 2, of the Election Code, a copy of their statement, as the case may be, to the president of the French electoral body or Dutch electoral body;
3° keep, for two years starting with the elections date, the documentary evidence related to the election expenses and origin of funds.
As far as gifts are listed in the statement of the origin of funds, they also commit to record the identity of the natural persons making donations equivalent to 125 euros or more to finance the election expenses, not to disclose it and to transmit it within fourty-five days after the elections date to the Commission of control, who shall check the observance of this obligation according to article 16bis.
The written statement, the statement with the election expenses and the statement with the origin of funds, as well as the confirmation of receipt, are drawn up based upon special forms set forth by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and published in due time in the Belgian Official Gazette. The forms of the election expenses statement and the statement with the origin of funds, as well as the registration forms specified at paragraph 2, are made available to the political parties at a later date, upon request of a list number.
These forms are signed, dated and submitted, against confirmation of receipt, by the applicants.
The King decrees, by order of the Council of Ministers, the submission methods for the statement with the election expenses and the statement with the origin of funds as well as the method used for their inventory and record.