Home > 6 Political parties > ROMANIA - Law No. 334
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Article 16
 

(1) Political parties may not carry out activities specific to the companies regulated by Law No. 31/1990, as republished, with subsequent amendments and supplements. By way of exception, political parties may obtain income from the following activities:


a) editing, making and disseminating publications or other political propaganda and political culture material of their own;


b) selling tickets, charging participation fees or the like in various cultural or sports events, as well as in meetings and seminars on political, economic or social topics;


c) selling printed matter bearing the signs of the political party in question;


d) provision of services by the party members with a view to organising the events referred to in point b);


e) letting of premises owned by them, without causing prejudice to public morals, public order or the image of the political party in question;


f) disposal of land and buildings from the party’s assets, but not earlier than at least 10 years after being entered as that party’s assets, except for political parties in the course of dissolution. The 10-year period shall not apply to inherited real estate property;


g) disposal of movable property from the party’s assets, unless such movable property consists in production or trading activities or in service supplies;


h) subletting the premises received according to the provisions of Article 26 paragraphs (1) - (3) for the organisation of parliamentary offices, provided that the amount of the monthly rent set out in the sublease agreement will not exceed the amount of the monthly rent stipulated in the lease agreement concluded with the local authorities. The maintenance expenses related to the sublet premises shall be incurred by the parliamentary office, according to the agreement concluded;


i) issuing booklets/cards attesting to the membership of that political party.


(2) Political parties may obtain income from bank interests.


(3) By 30 April of each year, political parties shall be required to publish in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, the total amounts of the income obtained during the previous tax year from the activities referred to in paragraph (1) and from the sources referred to in paragraph (2), broken down by type of activity and source.