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1 - The maximum limits on allowable expenses which may be incurred for any national or regional election campaign are established as follows:
a) 10 000 times the amount of IAS in the election campaign for President of the Republic, and a further 2500 times the value of the IAS in the case of a second round contest;
b) 60 times the value of the IAS for each candidate presented in the electoral campaign for the Assembly of the Republic;
c) 100 times the value of the IAS for each candidate presented in the election campaign for the Regional Legislative Assemblies;
d) 300 times the value of the IAS for each candidate presented in the election campaign for the European Parliament;

2 The maximum limits on allowable expenses which may be incurred in election campaigns for local authorities are established as follows:
a) 1350 times the value of the IAS in Lisbon and Porto;
b) 900 times the value of the IAS in cities where there are 100 000 or more voters;
c) 450 times the value of the IAS in municipalities where there are more than 50 000 and fewer than 100 000 voters;
d) 300 times the value of the IAS in municipalities where there are more than 10 000 voters and up to 50 000 voters;
e) 150 times the value of the IAS in municipalities where there are 10,000 or fewer voters.

3 - In case of candidatures submitted only to parish assemblies, the maximum allowable cost is one third of the value of the IAS per candidate .

4 - The limits specified in the preceding paragraphs apply to political parties, coalitions or groups of voting citizens, according to the electoral law, as determined pursuant to each electoral law.

5 - To determine the values given in paragraph 1, political parties or coalitions are required to declare the number of candidates presented at each election to the Constitutional Court.