(1) The costs incurred by keeping the European electoral records shall be borne by the municipalities. However, the federal government shall reimburse the federal provinces and municipalities the total costs incurred directly by the communication of data in the European electoral records to the Federal Ministry of the Interior in accordance with § 13, paras 2 to 5, as well as one third of all other costs incurred in connection with keeping the European electoral records, provided that proper evidence is furnished in both cases in accordance with paras 2 to 5.
(2) Those costs in accordance with para 1 may be reimbursed that had to be incurred in absolute terms for keeping the European electoral records or for the communication of data in the European electoral records to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Those costs will not be reimbursed that the municipality would have incurred in any case if no European electoral records would have had to be kept.
(3) The municipalities – with the exception of the City of Vienna – shall submit their claims for the reimbursement of costs within three months, as of the end of the accounting year, to the provincial governor, who shall take a decision in agreement with the competent financial authority of the federal province.
(4) No appeals are admissible against such decisions.
(5) Claims of the federal provinces for the reimbursement of costs shall be submitted directly to the Federal Minister of the Interior within the term stipulated in para 3, who will take a decision in agreement with the Federal Minister of Finance.
