What is the maximum time to submit an appeal since imposition of sanctions?

Greece

Greece

Answer
15 days
Source

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  that penalties should beapplied to the parties or coalitions and to parliamentary candidates, a copy ofit shall be communicated by means of a court executor to the relevant bodies ofthe party, under article 15, or to the parliamentary candidates. b. The abovebodies or the parliamentary candidates submit, within the exclusive period offifteen  (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 collectedaccording to the provision of the Code for the Collection of Public Income(CCPI).

5. The judicial means exercised by parties, coalitionsand parliamentary candidates 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 Administrationand Decentralisation, published in the Government Gazette, determines themanner in which the applied fine is to be collected and every detail regardingthe penalties applied  to  the political  parties  and coalitions  of  parties and  to  parliamentary candidates, according to the provisions of this law

 

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Comment
15days for appeals to the Monitoring Committee for the Financial Accounts; not specified for appeals to the National Council.
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