Small donations and collection thereof

1. Small donation shall mean an amount of monetary donations made by a donor during an electoral political campaign per independent participant not exceeding 0.03 of the AME, applicable to an election, rounded to the nearest ten.

2. Independent participants may collect small donations directly (by bank transfer to an electoral political campaign account) or by other means allowing identification of the donor (by telephone, the internet and other information and communication technologies).

3. Making mobile small donations shall be limited to natural persons who have concluded a contract for the provision of services with an information and communications company. At the request of the Central Electoral Commission, the information and communication company must submit a list of the persons who have made mobile small donations together with the data allowing identification of the donors.

4. For collecting small donations by other means, a campaigner must conclude a contract with the service provider. The campaigner must, no later than within three working days of the conclusion of the contract, forward a copy of the contract to the Central Electoral Commission.

The Central Electoral Commission shall, no later than on the next working day, publish the text of the contract on its website.

5. The collection of small donations shall end on the last working day before the start of the election silence. Upon the expiry of this period, small donations collected by other means must be transferred to the independent participant’s electoral political campaign account no later than the next working day.

6. Small donation collection services may not be provided free of charge.