Donors and amounts of donations

1. The following persons shall have the right to make donations:

1) citizens of the Republic of Lithuania – to independent participants of all electoral political campaigns;

2) permanent residents of the Republic of Lithuania holding citizenship of another EU Member State – to independent participants of political campaigns for elections to the European Parliament and municipal elections as well as mayoral elections;

3) permanent residents of the Republic of Lithuania not holding the citizenship of any other EU Member State – to independent participants of political campaigns for municipal elections and mayoral elections;

2. One donor may, during an electoral political campaign, donate to each independent participant the amount not exceeding the amount of 10 AMEs applied at an election.

3. In a single-member constituency, a candidate may donate the amount not exceeding 20 AMEs applied at an election for financing the candidate’s own electoral political campaign. The sum shall include the amount of assumed political campaign debt obligations and the amount of electoral political campaign expenditure paid prior to the beginning of the electoral political campaign.

4. Natural persons who make more than a small donation must declare under the procedure laid down by law their income prior to making the donation to independent participants. 5. The total amount of donations made by a natural person to independent participants and the membership fee paid to a political organisation during a calendar year may not exceed ten per cent of the amount of the annual income declared by the natural person for the last calendar year, for donations made after 1 May, or the amount of the annual income declared by the natural person for the calendar year preceding the previous year, for donations made before 1 May.

6. The total donation of a candidate in a single-member constituency and referendum initiators to fund own electoral political campaign during a calendar year, including the donations of the natural person made to other independent participants and the membership fees paid to a political organisation, may not exceed 20 per cent of the amount of the annual income declared by such persons for the last calendar year, for donations made after 1 May, or the amount of the annual income declared for the calendar year preceding the previous year, for donations made before 1 May as well as the declared funds possessed.

7. Any agreement between a donor and a donee to undertake certain actions in the future in exchange for a donation shall be prohibited.

8. Elected persons shall be prohibited to represent donors’ private interests and making decisions that are exceptionally favourable to the donors.