Croatia - 2011 Party Finance Law

Title Article 24
Chapter VI. Annual Disclosure of Information on Donations and Election Campaign Costs, and Donations to Political Parties, Independent Deputies, National Minority Deputies and Independent Members of the Representative Bodies of Local and Regional Governmental Uni
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Political parties and independent slate heads and candidates receiving any funds paid to their special accounts to finance their election campaigns shall, within the periods specified in paragraph (5) of this Article, submit reports on donations received to finance their election campaigns and reports on their election campaign costs (expenses), including information updated to the day of the submission thereof, to relevant electoral commissions.
The reports specified in paragraph (1) of this Article shall be submitted by using a form stipulated in an ordinance to be passed by the Minister of Finance.
A report on donations shall contain information specifying each donor (personal or corporate name and address), the date when any donation was paid or when any product or service was provided free of charge, the amount of any donation paid or the market value of any donated product or service, specified on an invoice which is not subject to payment, and the type of each donation.
A report on election campaign costs (expenses) shall contain information specifying the purpose of any cost, the name and address of any recipient, the date of any payment, the amount paid or, in case of donations by way of products or services, the market value of any such product or service, specified on an invoice which is not subject to payment.
Political parties, independent slate heads and candidates shall deliver the reports specified in paragraph (1) of this Article to the competent election commission not later than 7 days prior to the election day (preliminary reports) and not later than 15 days following the date of the announcement of final official election results (final reports).
Political parties, independent slate heads and candidates shall publicly disclose the reports specified in paragraph (5) of this Article on their websites or in the daily press (in case of local elections, in the local daily press) not later than 48 hours following the expiry of the period specified in paragraph (5) of this Article.
Disclosure on websites under paragraph (6) of this Article shall be deemed to constitute disclosure available thereon at least 30 days.

 

Categories - Electoral party (Campaign activity)
- External oversight (Subject of monitoring)
- External oversight (Type of authority)
- Party finance (Expenditures)
- Party finance (Private funding)
- Party finance (Report and disclosure)
Source Croatian Parliament: http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=3253