Can the imposed sanctions be appealed?

Law 3023/2002 Article 23: Generalprovisions

1. Parties,  coalitions and  parliamentary candidates  shall be  subject  to penalties  in  case of violation of this law, according to the following articles.

2. a.  After thereport is prepared by the Audit Commission and if it proposes that the fileshould  be  referred to  the  Superior Special  Court  under article  26  of this  law,  or  thatpenalties should be applied to the parties or coalitions and to parliamentarycandidates, a copy of it shall be communicated by means of a court executor tothe relevant bodies of the party, under article 15, or to the parliamentarycandidates. b. The above bodies or the parliamentary candidates submit, withinthe exclusive period of fifteen (15)  days  from the  communication  of the  report,  remarks for  the  rebuttal of  its content. c.  The Audit  Commission,  after examining  such  remarks, submits  its  final report  to  the President of the Superior Special Court,if a violation is found that can cause a member of parliament  to lose  their  office, or  to  the President  of  the Parliament  if  penalties are proposed.

3. Penalties to parties, coalitions of parties andparliamentary candidates are applied with a justified decision of the Presidentof the Parliament, published in the Government Gazette. This decision is issuedwithin fifteen (15) days of the submission of the final report by theAudit  Commission  and communicated  to  the offender  and  the Minister  of  Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation.

4. The fine applied to parties and coalitions iscollected by withholding the amount from the funding for the next year. Thefine applied to other p arties and parliamentary candidates is collected accordingto the provision of the Code for the Collection of Public Income (CCPI)

5.The judicial means exercised by parties, coalitions and parliamentarycandidates against the  decisions  for the  application  of fines,  regarding  penalties, in  the  application of  the provisions of this law,introduce substantial administrative disputes, which are judged in the firstand last degree by the National Council.

6.  A  joint decision  of  the Ministers  of  Economy and  Finance  and of  Interior,  Public Administration and Decentralisation,published in the Government Gazette, determines the manner in which the appliedfine is to be collected and every detail regarding the penalties applied  to the  political  parties and  coalitions  of parties  and  to parliamentary  candidates,according to the provisions of this law