(1) The acceptance of donations from other states or foreign organisations, as well as from natural persons devoid of Romanian citizenship or from legal persons of a different nationality than Romanian is prohibited, except for those received from the citizens of the Member States of the European Union who are domiciled in Romania and hold the capacity as member of the political party to which they granted the donation.

(2) An exception to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be the donations consisting of tangible assets necessary for the political activity, but which are not electoral propaganda material, which have been received from international political organisations of which that political party is an affiliate or from political parties or political organisations engaged in political collaboration. Propaganda material may also be received when it is solely used during the electoral campaign for the election of Romania’s representatives to the European Parliament.

(3) The donations provided for in paragraph (2) shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, by 30 April of next year.

(4) The donations provided for in paragraph (2) shall be exempt from customs fees, except for the means of transport.

(5) The sums received in breach of the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be confiscated and shall be entered as income to the state budget.