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1. Political parties which satisfy the requirements set out in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be entitled to compensation of part of the political campaign expenditure.
2. After the end of the political campaign, the Central Electoral Commission shall, having inspected the political campaign funding statements, having evaluated the auditor's report on findings (if the report is mandatory), determine, within 15 days from the receipt of these statements and report, the number of the candidates and the lists of the candidates, nominated by the political parties, who (which) each received not less than 3 per cent of votes of the voters participating at the election in the appropriate constituencies, the total amount of the funds spent to finance political campaigns; the Commission shall also determine whether or not the debt obligations related to political campaign remain. Up to 25 per cent of political campaign expenditure shall be compensated for the political parties which meet these conditions.
3. State budget appropriations designated for compensating part of the political campaign expenditure shall be allocated to the political parties, which are entitled to the compensation of the political party expenditure, in proportion to the expenditure of their political campaigns, by compensating the equal part of the expenditure incurred.
4. The amount of state budget appropriations allocated for the political party to fund activities of the political party shall be determined by the Central Electoral Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Article; the Commission shall, not later than within 15 days from the adoption of the decision, transfer the said amount to the political party's account of state budget appropriations.