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Natural and legal persons may make donations to political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, and independent slates and candidates on a one-off basis or several times during the calendar year.
Donors shall pay pecuniary donations to the central accounts of political parties or the special accounts of independent deputies, national minority deputies and independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, as described in Article 7(3) of this Act, or the special accounts of independent slate heads and candidates, as described in Article 14(3) of this Act.
The total amount of donations made by a natural person to a political party, independent deputy, national minority deputy, member of the representative body of a local and regional governmental unit, independent slate or candidate shall not exceed HRK 30,000.00 (thirty thousand Croatian kuna) within a single calendar year.
The total amount of donations made by a legal person within a single calendar year shall not exceed (i) HRK 200,000.00 (two hundred thousand Croatian kuna) when such donations are made to a political party or a candidate in elections for the President of the Republic of Croatia; (ii) HRK 100,000.00 (one hundred thousand Croatian kuna) when such donations are made to an independent deputy, a national minority deputy, and an independent slate or a candidate for national minority deputy in the election of deputies to the Croatian Parliament and the election of members of the European Parliament; and HRK 30,000.00 (thirty thousand Croatian kuna) when such donations are made to an independent member of the representative body of a local and regional governmental unit and an independent slate or a candidate in elections at the local or regional level.
Political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slate heads and candidates shall report any amount of donations exceeding the amounts specified in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article to the State Audit Office and the National Elections Commission or, if such donations have been made with a view to financing their election campaigns, to the National Elections Commission, and shall pay it to the central budget not later than 8 days after the date when they received such payment.