Election Campaign Conducted by a Third Party

(1) For the purposes of this Act, third party means the natural person, natural person - entrepreneur or legal person registered by the State Commission for Elections and Control of Funding of Political Parties (hereinafter the “State Commission”).

(2) For the purposes of this Act, the third party must not be

a) the State, Slovak Land Fund, municipality or higher territorial unit,

b) a legal person established or founded by the State, Slovak Land Fund, municipality or higher territorial unit,

c) a legal person with the participating interest of the State, Slovak Land Fund, municipality or higher territorial unit,

d) a public institution and a legal person established by law,

e) a natural person not permanently residing in the territory of the Slovak Republic,

f) a legal person based abroad,

g) a European political party and European political foundation,

h) a political party, whose list of candidates was registered in the elections pursuant to a special regulation or the natural persons included in the list of candidates of such political party,

i) a natural person, who became candidate in elections pursuant to a special regulation.

(3) The application for registration must contain the name, surname, address of permanent residence, identity card number or residence document of the applicant if a natural person is concerned, and the business name, identification number and date of birth, if a natural person - entrepreneur is concerned, the name and registered office, legal form and identification number of organisation of the applicant for a legal person. The application shall be submitted in the form published by the State Commission at its website.

(4) If the application for registration is complete, the State Commission shall register the third party without undue delay. The general regulation on administrative proceedings shall not apply to the registration of third parties. The third party may commence the election campaign immediately after it has been published in the list pursuant to Paragraph 5.

(5) The list of third parties shall be published by the State Commission at its website. The list must be publicly available; it must also be available after the end of the election campaign, for six months after the announcement of election results. The date of birth, identity card number and residence document number shall not be part of the data published or made available.

(6) The list of third parties shall be kept by the State Commission for every election separately.

(7) The third party may spend on election campaign maximum EUR 100,000 inclusive of value added tax, and if elections to local government bodies are concerned, maximum EUR 25,000 inclusive of value added tax.

(8) The third party may accept donations and other performances for free for the election campaign only from the entities listed in Article 5 (3) (a) and (b).

(9) The third party must not accept donations or other performances for free for the election campaign from the entities listed in Article 5 (3) (c) and (4).

(10) The financial resources intended for election campaign must be kept by the third party on a special bank account. The data on the special account must be available to third persons for free, remotely and continuously and must show the summary of payment transactions. The website containing the data shall be notified by the third party in paper form or in electronic form immediately after opening the account to the Ministry of Interior, which will publish it at its website.

(11) Funds must be deposited on the special account pursuant to Paragraph 10 solely by transfer from another payment account. At the request of the Ministry of Interior, the third party must prove, who is the owner of the payment account, from which the funds were transferred.

(12) The third party shall keep records of the use of resources for election campaign containing

a) costs of settlement of pre-election and election opinion polls,

b) costs of settlement of paid advertising or commercials,

c) costs of placing election posters,

d) the costs not included in (a) to (c) and spent on election campaign, 

e) the summary of non-monetary donations and other performances for free including the date of acceptance of the donation or other performance for free, their value and identification data of the donor including the name, surname and permanent residence for a natural person, and name and registered office and ID number of the organisation for a legal person, or identification data of the person that provided other performance for free including the name, surname and permanent residence for a natural person, and name, registered office and ID number of the organisation for a legal person.

(13) The third party shall save the documents from record-keeping pursuant to Paragraph 12 and statements of account at least for five years from the end of the election campaign.

(14) At the request of the Ministry of Interior, the third party shall be obliged to submit the documents, and submit information, explanation or provide other data concerning its election campaign within ten days from the delivery of the request.

(15) Within ten days after the end of the election campaign, the third party shall be obliged to publish the summary of costs pursuant to Paragraph 12 at its website for a period of 60 days and to deliver it to the Ministry of Interior in paper form and in electronic form within 30 days after the date of elections. The Ministry of Interior shall publish the summary of costs at its website within 30 days from its delivery in paper form and it shall be available to the public for five years. The summary of costs shall be submitted in the form published by the Ministry of Interior at its website no later than on the date of elections.

(16) The authorisation to act as a third party shall expire on the day following the day, on which the list of candidates of a political party or a candidate were registered in the elections pursuant to a special regulation; if a candidate for President is concerned, on the day following the day of acceptance of the proposal for candidate for President.