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The election funding disclosure must identify: 1) the election(s) involved; 2) the candidate's name, title, and occupation or position; the name of the party nominating the candidate or an indication that the candidate was nominated by a constituency association; the candidate's electoral district, in parliamentary elections; and the municipality in which the candidate ran for office in municipal elections; 3) the total election campaign costs, accompanied by an itemised list of promotional expenditure for advertisements in newspapers, including free newspapers; other periodicals; radio, television, and data networks, as well as other communication media; outdoor advertising; the production of selfpublished campaign newsletters, brochures, and other printed matter; campaign planning; the organisation of rallies; and other expenditure; 4) the total election funding, accompanied by an itemised list of the candidate's own funds; loans taken out; and all campaign contributions received by the candidate, his or her support group, and other entities operating exclusively for the purpose of promoting the candidate, grouped into campaign contributions from private individuals, companies, registered associations of political parties, and other sources; and 5) any other information on election funding and campaign costs that the discloser deems appropriate. Each individual campaign contribution and its donor must be disclosed separately, if the value of such contribution exceeds 800 euros in municipal elections or 1,500 euros in parliamentary elections, European Parliament elections, or a Presidential election. If such a contribution is made through the purchase of identifiable goods or services or otherwise for consideration, only the net value of said contribution is to be disclosed separately. If an individual campaign contribution that is disclosed separately includes at least the abovementioned amount as a campaign contribution relayed from a third party, the recipient of the campaign contribution must also disclose the donor of the campaign contribution relayed. If a candidate, his or her support group, or another entity operating exclusively for the purpose of promoting the candidate has taken out a loan to cover the expenditure of the election campaign, a plan for the repayment of the loan shall be detailed in the disclosure. The name of a private individual may not be disclosed without his or her express consent if the amount donated is lower than the amount specified in Subsection 2. A candidate whose election funding in municipal elections remains below 800 euros is not obliged to provide the information referred to in subsections 1(3) and 1(4). However, the candidate must submit written assurance that his or her election funding has not exceeded the limit prescribed in this subsection.
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