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There shall be no financing of political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional governmental units, independent slates and candidates by:
- foreign states, foreign political parties and foreign legal persons;
- governmental bodies, public enterprises, legal persons vested with public authority, companies and other legal persons in which the Republic of Croatia or any local and regional governmental unit has any interest or shares, as well as public and other institutions owned by the Republic of Croatia or any local and regional governmental unit;
- labour unions or employer associations;
- associations, trusts and foundations represented by central government officials, or local or regional officials;
- religious communities, humanitarian and other non-profit associations and organizations;
- natural and legal persons subject to any enforcement proceedings related to their outstanding debts due to the budget or their employees.
No donations shall be made by unidentified (anonymous) sources. Donations by unidentified (anonymous) sources shall be deemed to include donations made by donors whose details are unknown at the time of their payment or those made by donors who cannot be positively identified without additional action (e.g. donations via SMS services, telephone answering machines, etc.).
No donations, neither in cash nor in kind, shall be made through third parties (intermediaries).
Any donation paid to the account of a political party, independent deputy, national minority deputy, independent member of the representative body of a local and regional governmental unit, independent slate head or candidate from any of the ineligible sources under paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this Article shall forthwith be reported by such political party, independent deputy, national minority deputy, independent member of the representative body of a local and regional governmental unit, independent slate head or candidate to the State Audit Office and the National Elections Commission or, in case of any donation paid to finance their election campaigns, to the National Elections Commission, and shall transfer any such funds paid thereto to the central budget not later than not later than 8 days after the date when they received such payment.
By way of derogation from paragraph (1)(i) of this Article, the ban on financing political parties, independent deputies, national minority deputies, independent members of the representative bodies of local and regional self-government unites, independent slates and candidates (by foreign states, foreign political parties and foreign legal persons whose core business consists of education in the development and promotion of democratic principles) shall not apply to the financing of education programmes.