36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates?

'Article 15. 1. Equal gender representation in all legislative, executive, judicial organs, as well as in other public institutions, shall be achieved when: a) a representation of above 30 percent of both genders, including their steering organs is ensured; b)equal observation of competition procedures and criteria for both genders for the assignments in these organs is ensured;c)a participation of above 30 percent of both genders in the list of candidates for the local government elections is ensured; c) a participation of not less than 30 percent of each gender in the candidates' proportional system list presented by the political parties for the general Assembly elections is ensured; d) a participation of above 30% of each gender in the central and local elections process administration organs is ensured. 2. Political parties shall define methods and measures to comply with the requirements provided in item 1 of this article. 3. Should they violate the provisions of this article, political parties shall pay a fine of up to one tenth of the state funds for the electoral campaign until the violation ceases.' (Source: Law no. 9970 on Gender Equality in Society, 2008)
'Art 175, Art 87(4): Article 175: Sanctions related to gender equality1. Failure by the electoral subject to comply with the obligations specified in point 6 of article 67 of this Code regarding the composition of the list, is punishable by the CEC with a fine of ALL 1,000,000 as well as the additional sanction, in accordance with point 2 of this article, in the case of elections to the Assembly, and with refusal of the political party?s list of the candidates for municipal councils for elections for local government bodies. 2. In case a violation by an electoral subject is identified, the CEC applies as an additional sanction the replacement of each vacancy in the list of the subject, in the zone where the violation has been identified, with the next candidates in the list belonging to the least represented gender until the gender quota is reached. In casethe CEC decides to apply this sanction, the exception of point 2 of article 164 shall not apply, and the vacancy is filled in accordance with this point.3. The sanctions envisaged in this article are applied to each electoral zone where a violation is identified.Article 87:State Budget funds to finance parties participating in elections(...)4. From the amount calculated according to point 3, the CEC deducts the financial sanctions, which are imposed on respective parties according to this law, and have become executive titles.' (Source: The Electoral Code of the Republic of Albania, No. 10019/29.12. 2008, as amended No. 31/02.04.2015)

30% of candidates must be women in all elections. Failure to comply is punishable by fines, which are taken from each party's respective public funding.