Funding of electoral subjects through non-public funds

1. Electoral subjects and their candidates may receive funds for the purposes of their electoral campaigns only from domestic natural or legal persons. For the purposes of this law, an Albanian citizen who resides outside the territory of the Republic of Albania shall also be considered a domestic natural person.

2. The amount that each natural or legal person may give to an electoral subject, including its candidates, may not be larger than ALL 1 million or the equivalent value in kind or services. The amount in the first sentence shall be indexed by the CEC each five years against the inflation rate.

3. Donation of funds by a legal person or any of its shareholders is prohibited if one of the following conditions apply:

a) has received public funds, public contracts, or concessions in the last 3 years, exceeding ALL 10 million. This prohibition shall also apply to sub-contracting or public-private partnership contracts;

b) exercises media activity;

c) has been a partner in different projects with public funds;

ç) has monetary obligations towards the State Budget or any public institution.

This obligation shall not apply if the shareholder owns these shares as a result of a public offer.

4. Natural or legal persons who have donated to an electoral subject or their candidates in elections may not receive public contracts, public-private partnership contracts, or in any other way, funds with a total value exceeding ALL 10 million, including as a sub-contractor on a public contract/concession, for up to 3 years following the election date.

5. The electoral subject shall be obliged to disclose and provide full and uninterrupted access to third parties in its database where it records donations, borrowings, or loans benefited by the electoral subject and its candidates, for any amounts equal to and above 50 thousand ALL.