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No candidate, his or her support group, or other entity operating exclusively for the purpose of promoting the candidate may accept any campaign contributions unless the donor can be identified. However, this does not apply to campaign contributions received as a result of ordinary fund-raising activities. No candidate, his or her support group, or other entity operating exclusively for the purpose of promoting the candidate may accept campaign contributions from any single donor in excess of 3,000 euros for municipal elections, 6,000 euros for parliamentary elections, or 10,000 euros for European Parliament elections. However, a campaign contribution received from a political party or a registered association of a political party referred to in the Act on Political Parties (10/1969 Puoluelaki) may be greater than this if it does not include more campaign contributions relayed from other supporters than said amount. The candidate, his or her support group, or another entity operating exclusively for the purpose of promoting the candidate may accept foreign campaign contributions only from private individuals and from entities and foundations representing the candidate's ideological tendencies. No candidate, his or her support group for him or her, or other entity operating exclusively for the purpose of promoting the candidate may receive campaign contributions from the state, a municipality, a federation of municipalities, a state-owned or municipal business, or a public corporation or from a company under state or municipal control as referred to in Chapter 1, Section 5 of the Accounting Act (1336/1997 Kirjanpitolaki). However, this does not apply to ordinary hospitality. The candidate, his or her support group, and other entities operating exclusively for the purpose of promoting the candidate must ensure that any advertisement belonging to the election campaign or intended to support it reveals the name of the party paying for the advertisement. However, the name of a private individual must not be disclosed without his or her express consent if the value of the advertisement paid for by said person is less than 800 euros in municipal elections or less than 1,500 euros in parliamentary elections, European Parliament elections, or a Presidential election.
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