Bulgaria - 2009 Party Law

Title Article 23
Chapter Chapter Three. Property, Financing and Spending of Funds
Article

23

(1) The incomes of political parties shall be proceeds from:
1. membership dues;
2. own immovable property;
3. donations and legacies from natural persons;
4. (deleted)
5. interest on cash deposit in banks and income from shares, when this is not in conflict with article 22;
6. publishing activity, copy rights and use of intellectual property, as well as sale and distribution of printed, audio and audio-visual materials containing party propaganda.
(2) Political parties' own incomes are also proceeds from fund raising events.
(3) Political parties may borrow loans from banks in the amount of up to two-thirds of the incomes accounted for before the National Audit Office for the preceding year.
(4) Included in the incomes per par. 3 shall be the State subsidy and the proceeds per par. 1, it. 1, 2, 5 and 6
(5) Non-pecuniary incomes per par. 1 shall be evaluated at fair market price in conformity with the Accounting Act.

Categories - External oversight (Type of authority)
- Party finance (Private funding)
- Secondary legislation (Secondary legislation)
Source Kindly provided by Marcin Walecki, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Organization for Security and Co-Operaton in Europe (OSCE)