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(1) All political parties and movements are entitled to state contribution upon the terms and conditions defined by the law.
(2) Operational allowances consist of permanent contributions and mandate contributions.
(3) Each political party and movement that presents its complete financial report (Article 18, Section 5) within the specified time limit (Article 18) is entitled to a permanent contribution or to a mandate contribution.
(4) Each political party and movement that manages to win at least 3% of the votes in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies is entitled to receive a permanent contribution.
(5) Each political party and movement of which at least one candidate has been elected to the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate, a regional council or the Municipal Council of the City of Prague (this provision also applies to candidates of coalitions of political parties and/or movements) in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate, a regional council or the Municipal Council of the City of Prague is entitled to receive a mandate contribution.
(6) Each political party and movement that wins at least 3% of the overall amount of votes is entitled to receive a permanent annual contribution to its operational expenses totalling CZK 6 million plus CZK 200,000 for every 0.1% up to 5%. No additional sum is paid to the political parties and movements that acquire more than 5% of the overall amount of votes.
(7) The aforementioned mandate contribution totals CZK 855,000 per year for every Senator or Deputy and CZK 237,500 per year for every member of a regional council or the Municipal Council of the City of Prague.
(8) The mandate contribution is paid during the entire electoral term only to the political party or movement in whose list of candidates the Senator, Deputy, member of a regional council or member of the Municipal Council of the City of Prague has been registered. If the elected Senator, Deputy, member of a regional council or member of the Municipal Council of the City of Prague is included in the list of candidates of a coalition, the mandate contribution shall be paid during the entire electoral term only to the political party or movement on whose list of candidates he/she has been registered. No mandate contribution shall be paid if the mandate of a Senator is terminated in the course of an electoral term or if a vacant mandate of a Deputy or a member of a regional council or the Municipal Council of the City of Prague is not filled.
(9) When determining whether a political party or movement operating as a part of a coalition is entitled to receive a permanent contribution and when calculating its amount, it is necessary to take into account the agreement of coalition members on their proportion in overall election results. If no such agreement exists or if it is not presented to the Ministry of Finance within the specified time limit, the election result shall be divided equally among all coalition members. The provisions of Section 3 herein remain unaffected. All political parties or movements operating as a part of a coalition shall present their agreements to the Ministry of Finance on the last day of the period in which the lists of candidates can be registered at the latest.
(10) If a coalition of political parties or movements is entitled to a permanent contribution but the agreements presented to the Ministry of Finance in compliance with Section 9 by its individual members differ, the Ministry of Finance shall suspend its payment of permanent contributions to all coalition members; as soon as the differences are eliminated, the Ministry of Finance shall pay out all outstanding contributions.
(11) In the year of the elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate, regional councils or the Municipal Council of the City of Prague the annual operational allowance is calculated for each electoral term separately. Each political party and movement is entitled to one-twelfth of its annual operational allowance a month. In the month in which the elections take place, each political party and movement shall receive the higher of the two amounts to which it is entitled in accordance with its election results in both respective electoral terms. If the Chamber of Deputies is dissolved or if new elections to regional councils or to the Municipal Council of the City of Prague are held, each qualified political party and movement shall also be entitled to a proportional part of its annual mandate contribution for the month in which the Chamber of Deputies is dissolved or in which new elections to regional councils or to the Municipal Council of the City of Prague are held. If the mandate of any Deputy, Senator, regional councillor or member of the Municipal Council of the City of Prague becomes vacant and is not filled or if the mandate of any Senator is terminated, a proportional part of the annual mandate contribution shall also be paid for the month in which any of the aforementioned circumstances occurs.