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1. In localities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants but below 100,000 inhabitants, the expenses for the electoral campaign of each candidate for the mayor seat may not exceed the maximum amount resulting from the sum of the fixed figure of euro 25,000 and the further figure equal to 1 euro per each citizen recorded on the local election lists.
2. In localities with a population higher than 100,000 inhabitants but below 500,000 inhabitants, the expenses for the electoral campaign of each candidate for the mayor seat may not exceed the maximum amount resulting from the sum of the fixed figure of euro 125,000 and the further figure equal to 1 euro per each citizen recorded on the local election lists.
3. In localities with a population higher than 500,000 inhabitants the expenses for the electoral campaign of each candidate for the mayor seat may not exceed the maximum amount resulting from the sum of the fixed figure of euro 250,000 and the further figure equal to 0.90 euro per each citizen recorded on the local election lists.
4. In localities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants but below 100,000 inhabitants, the expenses for the electoral campaign of each candidate for the local counsellor seat may not exceed the maximum amount resulting from the sum of the fixed figure of euro 5,000 and the further figure equal to 0.05 euro per each citizen recorded on the local election lists.
In localities with a population higher than 100,000 inhabitants but below 500,000 inhabitants, the expenses for the electoral campaign of each candidate for the local counsellor seat may not exceed the maximum amount resulting from the sum of the fixed figure of euro 12,500 and the further figure equal to 0.05 euro per each citizen recorded on the local election lists.
In localities with a population higher than 500,000 inhabitants the expenses for the electoral campaign of each candidate for the local counsellor seat may not exceed the maximum amount resulting from the sum of the fixed figure of euro 25,000 and the further figure equal to 0.05 euro per each citizen recorded on the local election lists.
5. In the localities provided at line 4, the expenses for the electoral campaign of each party, movement or list participating to the elections, excluding the expenses borne by each candidate for the mayor and local counsellor seat shall not exceed the amount resulting from the quantum of 1 euro for each citizen recorded on the local election lists.
6. The following provisions of the Law no. 515 of December 10th 1993 as last amended by this law shall apply to the elections in localities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:
a) Article 7 line 2, understanding the limit of provided expenses as concerns the limits established at lines 1-4 of this article; lines 3 and 4, excluding the Candidates that spend less than euro 2,500, using only out of pocket money, without prejudicing the obligation to draft the financial statements provided at line 6; line 6, the President of the membership Chamber is replaced with the President of the Local Council; lines 7 and 8;
b) article 11;
c) Article 12, line 1, meaning that the Presidents of the concerned Chambers are replaced with the President of the Local Council; line 2 and line 3, first and second title, Court of Accounts being replaced with the regional control division of the territorially competent Court of Accounts; line 3-bis; line 4, regional electoral office shall be replaced with the Central Electoral Office;
d) article 13;
e) Article 14;
f) Article 15, lines 3 and 5, line 6, understanding the limit of provided expenses as concerns the limits established at lines from 1 to 4 of this article; line 7, meaning that the decision of the membership Chamber shall be replaced by the decision of the local council, and line 8; line 9, understanding the limit of provided expenses as concerns the limits established at lines from 1 to 4 of this article; line 10, the President of the membership Chamber shall be replaced with the President of the local council; line 11, first title and line 15; line 16, first title, by limit of expenses understanding the limits provided at line 5 of this article; line 19.
7. If the statements on electoral expenses are not submitted by the political parties, political movements and lists, the regional control division of the Court of Accounts shall apply the administrative pecuniary sanction between euro 50,000 and 500,000. The statement provided at article 7 line 6 of the Law of December 10th 1993 no. 515, with the further amendments must be submitted to the President of the Local council within three months as of the elections date.