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1. Funding and any kind of services to the parties and parliamentary candidates are prohibited if originating from:
a. Individuals who are not Greek citizens;
b. Legal entities of public or private law;
c. Organisations of local administration of any level;
d. Individuals who are owners or publishers of daily or periodic printings of national or local circulation or are owners of radio or television stations, in general.

2. Funding to political parties is exempted from the interdiction of the above paragraph, case b), if it originates exclusively from companies and any kind of legal entities of private law, whose shares or equity must be nominal and belong entirely to a political party or, on behalf of the party, to its leader or any other individuals authorised for this purpose by the relevant body of the party.

3. In case of funding or other services in violation of paragraph 1 of this article, the person who provided the funded or the service shall be punished by imprisonment up to two years and a fine of at least thirty thousand (30,000) Euros. The same punishments apply for the responsible persons of the political parties according to article 15 or the parliamentary candidates who knew and accepted the funding or service.