Austria - 1975 Party Law

Title Article 7
Section Section ?V
Article

7

(1) The expenses on the pre-election campaign of a political party as per § 6 include its financial costs on the following supra-regional and central pre-election campaign media:
posters,
paid communications in periodicals;
propagation statements broadcasted on the radio and television;
advertising films and any other advertising audio-visual performances in cinemas;
printed publications, such as post leaflets, special editions of newspapers, brochures and other printed informational and advertising materials;
advertisement involving the use of aircrafts.
(2) The funds for the pre-election campaign (paragraph 1), presented at the attention of the public before the commencement of the term under § 6, and yet still in the process of publication after the expiry of the term under § 6, are recognized pro rata upon the calculation of the expenses on the pre-election campaign of the relevant political parties.
(3) The funds for the pre-election campaign (paragraph 1), the owners, sponsors, principals, publishers or distributors of which are not political parties under § 6, which visibly propagate the voting for the election programme of a particular political party as per § 6 or recommend same, in the calculation of the expenses on the pre-election campaign are referred to the political party as per § 6 which benefits thereof. The Commission however, must distance itself from such recognition where the concerned party is able to prove that the relevant pre-election campaign has taken place without its participation therein and consent therewith.

Categories - External oversight (Type of authority)
- Party finance (Expenditures)
Source Das Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes (RIS). Available at: http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/1975_404_0/1975_404_0.pdf (accessed: April 2012)