The basis of the Electronic Financial Reporting Platform is created, under the administration of the CEC

2026-05-06 22:31:00, Aktualitet CNA

The basis of the Electronic Financial Reporting Platform is created, under the

By Decision of the Council of Ministers, the creation of the state database of the Electronic Financial Reporting Platform (PERF) was approved today. The administering institution of PERF is the Central Election Commission.

DECISION

In support of Article 100 of the Constitution, Article 4 of Law No. 10325, dated 23.9.2010, “On State Databases”, and Law No. 10019, dated 29.12.2008, “Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania”, as amended, upon the proposal of the Minister of Economy and Innovation, the Council of Ministers decided:

1. Creation of the state database of the Electronic Financial Reporting Platform (hereinafter PERF).

2. The administering institution of the PERF state database is the Central Election Commission.

3. The data of the PERF state database are divided into primary data and secondary data, as follows:

a) Primary data are considered data collected and administered by the Central Election Commission, in cooperation with reporting entities, relating to:

i. annual financial reports of political parties;
ii. financial reports of election campaigns;
iii. data on sources of financing, including public and non-public financing;
iv. data on expenses incurred during and outside the election campaign;
v. data on monetary donations and donations in kind;
vi. data on loans and credits;
vii. accompanying financial and administrative documentation;
viii. financial monitoring reports and audit reports;
ix. administrative decision-making of the Central Election Commission regarding the control, verification and audit of the financing of political and electoral entities.

b) Secondary data are considered data obtained from other state databases, only to the extent necessary for identification, as follows:

i. General data of the political entity, as a legal entity, coalitions and electoral entities from the state database "Electronic Tax", administered by the General Directorate of Taxes;
ii. Personal data of individuals declared as candidates for deputies, candidates for mayor, financiers of political parties, legal auditors and monitors of the electoral campaign from the database of the National Registry of Civil Status, administered by the General Directorate of Civil Status.

4. The providers of information for the PERF state database are political parties, coalitions, electoral entities, candidates, financiers, statutory auditors, as well as public institutions, according to law no. 10019, dated 29.12.2008, “Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania”, as amended, and law no. 8580, dated 17.2.2000, “On Political Parties”, as amended.

5. The state database of the Electronic Financial Reporting Platform (PERF) interacts with the state database of the National Civil Status Registry, administered by the General Directorate of Civil Status (DGCS) and with the "Electronic Tax" database, administered by the General Directorate of Taxes for the purposes of identifying and verifying the personal data of natural persons involved in the financial reporting process.

6. The processing of personal data at PERF is carried out in accordance with the legislation in force on the protection of personal data.

7. Personal data transmitted and processed in the PERF state database are stored for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected, in accordance with the legislation in force. After the end of this period, personal data are deleted or anonymized, according to the procedures of the administering institution.

8. Access level in the PERF system:

8.1. The level of access to the PERF system is determined based on user roles and is limited according to their legal functions and competencies.

8.2. Access to the system is achieved as follows:

a) Central Election Commission – full administrative and functional access to all system data;
b) Political parties and electoral entities – access to record, update and consult data related to the respective entity;
c) Candidates of electoral entities and/or those proposed by voters – limited access to declare and consult data related to their financial reporting;
ç) Financiers of political parties – limited access to declare and confirm relevant contributions;
d) Statutory auditors – access to review and verify data, in function of the audit process;
dh) Electoral campaign monitors – access to record monitoring and consult data related to their reporting.

8.3. Access shall be carried out in accordance with the principle of proportionality and shall be limited only to the extent necessary to fulfil the legal functions of each role.

9. The Central Election Commission shall take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unlawful destruction, accidental loss, access or dissemination by unauthorized persons, in particular when data processing is carried out on a network, as well as against any other unlawful form of processing. Any action in the system related to access, modification, correction or dissemination of data must leave a trace for security and audit purposes.

10. The Central Election Commission and the National Information Society Agency are charged with the implementation of this decision.

This decision enters into force upon publication in the "Official Gazette"./CNA