Bans Related to the Financing and Support of an Election Campaign

(1) A party, a coalition or a nomination committee shall not receive the following in relation to an election campaign:
1. anonymous donations in any form; 2. (suppl. - SG 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019, declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria in the part “who have overdue public debts and / or are registered in jurisdictions with preferential tax regime” - Judgment of the Constitutional Court No 5/2021, SG no. 37 of 2021) funds from legal persons and sole traders who have overdue public debts and/or are registered in jurisdictions with preferential tax regime;
3. funds from foreign natural persons, except for persons, who are nationals of another Member State of the European Union and who have electoral rights under the Code;
4. funds from religious institutions;
5. funds from foreign governments or foreign state-owned enterprises, foreign trade companies or foreign non-profit organizations.
(2) The persons referred to in Para. 1, p. 2 – 5 shall not provide real estate and chattels for gratuitous use or gratuitous services in any form in relation to an election campaign.
(3) Public administrative resources shall not be used free-of-charge in relation to an election campaign.