Reports on the financing of political parties, initiative groups and electoral campaigns

(1) Political parties and electoral blocs of parties that nominate candidates in elec­tions, electoral competitors, the participants in the referendum and the initiative groups, whose electoral campaign or the collection of signatures activity involves financial and material resources, submit reports which will contain information on accumulated in­comes and incurred expenditures, together with the donor’s name and forename, the State identification number (IDNP), domicile address, date of birth, place of work, posi­tion (occupation/activity field), if the case, the membership in the electoral party, donors’ revenue or financing source - for natural persons, or the name and state identification number (IDNO) – for legal persons. The model of reports and the procedure for their fill­ing and submission shall be approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(2) The services and actions referred to in Article 57 (1) lit. b), carried out free of charge by natural and legal persons, shall be evaluated by each of them at the market price and must be indicated in the financial report in accordance with the procedure es­tablished by regulations approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(3) In the case of parliamentary, presidential, regional, local elections and Republican Referendum, regardless of their type, political parties and electoral blocs of parties nom­inating candidates in election, the participants in the referendum, the initiative groups, candidates for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova and the independent candidates, with the exception of those referred to in paragraph (4), submit to the Central Electoral Commission the reports on accumulated incomes and incurred expenditures during the electoral campaign, respectively, during the period of initiative groups’ activity, signed by the responsible persons, in compliance with the following terms:

a) on a weekly basis, according to the graphics approved by the Commission in the Calendar Programme;

b) within 3 days after the Elections Day (Wednesday) for the entire electoral campaign (final report);

c) in the case of the initiative groups, the final report for the entire period of work of the initiative group shall be presented no later than 3 days after the date of submission or, where appropriate, the deadline for submission of the signatures collecting lists to the Commission.

(4) Independent candidates in regional and local elections and initiative groups es­tablished for collecting signatures to support the candidates, shall submit to the con­cerned District Electoral Council the reports on accumulated incomes and incurred ex­penditures during the electoral campaign, respectively, during the period of initiative groups’ activity, signed by the responsible persons, in compliance with the following terms:

a) on a weekly basis, according to the graphics approved by the Commission in the Calendar Programme;

b) within 3 days after the Elections Day (Wednesday) for the entire electoral campaign (final report);

c) in the case of the initiative groups, the final report for the entire period of work of the initiative group shall be presented no later than 3 days after the date of submission or, where appropriate, the deadline for submission of the signatures collecting lists to the District Electoral Council.

(5) Reports on the financing of political parties, initiative groups and electoral campaigns must be presented compulsorily, by automated reporting electronic means, through the IT subsystem “Financial Control”, part of the State Automated Information System “Elections” and, at the request of the Central Electoral Commission - on paper support.

(6) Reports on the financing of political parties, initiative groups and electoral cam­paigns, received under paragraph (3) and (4), shall be checked beforehand by the Central Electoral Commission or, where appropriate, by the District Electoral Council for com­pleteness of the information and for meeting the requirements for their preparation.

(7) If the information submitted by the initiative group, the electoral competitor, the participants in the referendum, under the terms of paragraph (1) and (2), is incomplete and/or erroneous, the Central Electoral Commission or, where appropriate, the District Electoral Council shall be entitled to request from the subject that submitted it, for addi­tional data and/or documents. The later must present it within the indicated deadline, but not later than 48 hours from the date of the request.

(8) No later than 24 hours after receiving and accepting the reports, checked in ac­cordance with paragraph (6), the Central Electoral Commission shall place them on its official website, in accordance with the law on the personal data protection. The District Electoral Councils shall send the reports to the Central Electoral Commission and the cor­responding local public administrative authorities to publish them on their official web­sites, under the same conditions.

(9) For the purposes of compliance with the legislation on access to information, freedom of expression and the protection of personal data, the information contained in the financial reports of the initiative groups or electoral competitors shall be made public, with the exception of the IDNP, the date of birth, domicile or temporary residence of the natural person.

(10) Reports on the financing of political parties, initiative groups and electoral cam­paigns shall be verified and analysed by the Commission or, where appropriate, the Dis­trict Electoral Council, which shall take a decision to that effect.

(11) For the purposes of verifying and examining reports, the Central Electoral Com­mission or, where appropriate, the District Electoral Council shall have the right to re­quest and receive from natural and legal persons, regardless of the form of organisation of the legal person, the necessary information within the limits of their powers (including personal data, information relating to commercial, bank, tax secrets etc.). The notified subjects are obliged to present the requested information within the established term, but no later than 48 hours from the moment of registration of the request. Upon request and depending on the nature of the requested information, this period may be extended by the Central Electoral Commission or, where appropriate, by the District Electoral Coun­cil, but the time-limit shall not exceed 3 days in total.

(12) In order to clarify reasonable suspicions, the Central Electoral Commission or, where appropriate, the District Electoral Council may cooperate or notify the public au­thorities that hold public information systems and/or have control powers, to provide the necessary information or carrying out additional checks, within the limits of the function­al competence.

^{[Art. 58 (1), (2), (7) amended by Law No.1 of 18.01.2024, in force as of 25.01.2024]}