§ Section 12(untitled)

(1) The Central Election Commission shall
register only such lists of candidates the submitters of which
have paid the security deposit of EUR 8000 in the deposit of the
Central Election Commission.
(2) A bank shall issue the person who paid in the security
deposit with a document on which is indicated the name of the
list of candidates regarding which the security deposit was paid
in for, the payer and the time of payment.
(3) The security deposit that has been paid in for a list of
candidates from which in the relevant elections at least one
member has been elected to the European Parliament shall be
returned to the payer.
(4) The security deposit that has been paid in for a list of
candidates from which in the relevant elections none were elected
to the European Parliament shall be paid by the Central Election
Commission into the State budget.
[12 September 2013; 25 May 2023]