Austria - 2010 Party Law

Title Article 7
Section IV
Article

7

(1) The election campaign expenses of a political party pursuant to § 6 comprise their financial disbursements for national and centrally designed advertising items as follows:
1. bills posted;
2. ads;
3. free of charge radio and TV broadcasts;
4. commercials as well as all other advertising spots on basis of sound, still and moving pictures in movie theatres;
5. publications such as bulk mail items, special sections in daily newspapers, brochures and other printed information and advertising materials;
6. publicity displayed by aircraft.
(2) Election advertising materials (para 1) already accessible to the public before beginning of the period allowed pursuant to § 6, however still being displayed to the public after the period allowed pursuant to § 6, shall be included pro rata when ascertaining the total of election campaign expenses of the respective political party.
(3) Election advertising materials (para 1) not owned, ordered, purchased, published or distributed by a political party pursuant to § 6, however in noticeable manner promoting or recommending to cast votes for an election proposal of a political party pursuant to § 6 shall be allocated for calculation of the election advertising cost to such political party pursuant to § 6 which is the beneficiary of such activity. The Commission however shall not allocate as aforementioned if the parties involved are
able to evidence that the respective campaign activity has taken place without its involvement and consent.

Categories - Media access (Media coverage general)
- Party finance (Expenditures)
Source Das Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes (RIS). Available at: http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/2003_71_1/2003_71_1.pdf (accessed: April 2012)