Spain - 2007 Party Finance Law

Part Title I - General provisions
Title Article 2. Financial resources
Article

2

The financial resources of political parties shall be made up of:

One. Resources from public funding:
a) The public subsidies for electoral expenses, in the terms established in Organic Law 5/1985, on the general electoral system, and in the legislation which regulates the electoral processes of the legislative assemblies of the autonomous regions and the general assemblies of the historical Basque territories.
b) The annual state subsidies for operating expenses, regulated in this Law.
c) The annual subsidies established by the autonomous regions for operating expenses in the sphere of the respective autonomous region, as well as the subsidies granted by the historical Basque territories and, as the case may be, the local councils.
d) The extraordinary subsidies for propaganda campaigns that may be established in the Organic Law which regulates the different kinds of referendums.
e) The contributions which, as the case may be, political parties may receive from the parliamentary groups of the houses of Parliament, the legislative assemblies of the autonomous regions and the general assemblies of the historical Basque territories, as well as from the groups of representatives in the bodies of the local administrations.

Two. Resources from private funding:
a) The fees and contributions from their members and supporters.
b) The income from the proper activities of political parties, the revenue from managing their own assets, the benefits from their promotional activities, and those that they may obtain from services rendered in relation to their specific aims.
c) The cash or in kind donations received in the terms and conditions established in this Law.
d) The funds from the loans or credits that political parties may have taken out.
e) The inheritances or legacies that political parties may receive.

 

Categories - Party finance (Direct public funding)
- Party finance (Private funding)
Source http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2007/07/05/pdfs/A29010-29016.pdf