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1 - Election campaign expenses are considered as those expenses which are incurred by the candidates within a period of six months immediately preceding the date of the respective election and which have electoral purpose or benefit.

2 - Election campaign expenses are to be broken down according to category, with certifying documents supplied for each expense.

3 - The payment of campaign expenses is to be made using banking mechanisms, under the terms of article 9, with the exception of expenditures having an amount which is less than the value of the IAS, provided that, during this period, they do not exceed the total value of 2% of the limits established for campaign expenses.