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KOSOVO - Kosovo - Opinion on the “draft law on amending and supplementing the Law no. 03/l-174 on the Financing of Political Entities (Amended and Supplemented by the Law no. 04/l-058 and the Law no. 04/l-122) and the Law no. 003/l-073 on General Elections

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Paragraph 22

The draft amendments to the definition of a contribution in Article 2, paragraph 1.5 of the LFPE also make it clear that anonymous donations and cash donations above a certain threshold (€50 or more) are prohibited. In principle this is to be supported, for the sake of transparency. That said, for systematic reasons it would appear more appropriate to include these material regulations in Articles 4 and 5 of the LFPE which already deal with forms of payment and contributions from unknown sources. This would also be in the interest of clarity and avoid possible inconsistencies. It is to be noted, for example, that under Article 4, paragraph 4 of the LFPE all revenues of political entities (with some specific exceptions such as membership fees) must be made through bank transaction, regardless of their amount. If it is intended to introduce an exception to this rule for cash donations up to €50, this should be clearly regulated in the same Article.