13. Is there a ban on donations from any other source?
Bulgaria
Art. 24. [Banned sources include:]'6.funds from gambling games organisers;7. funds from religious institutions or from non-profit legal persons, performing activity for public benefit;' (Source: Political Parties Act, 2009)
Art 168 (1), (3): 'Bans Related to the Funding and Support of an Election Campaign Article168. (1) A party, a coalition or a nomination committee shall not receive the following in relation to an election campaign: 1. anonymous donations in any form; 2. funds from legal entities and sole traders; 3. funds from foreign legal entities, except for individuals, who are nationals of another Member State of the European Union and who have electoral rights under the Code; 4. funds from religious institutions; 5. funds from foreign governments or foreign state-owned enterprises, foreign trade companies or foreign non-profit organizations. (2) The entities referred to in Paragraph 1, Items 2 ? 5 shall not provide real estate and chattels for gratuitous use or gratuitous services in any form in relation to an election campaign. (3) Public administrative resources shall not be used free-of-charge in relation to an election campaign.' (Source: Election Code of Bulgaria, March 2014, published in Official Gazette nr. 19, 2014)
Religious institutions, gambling games organisers, legal entities and sole traders, and in-kind donations from anonymous donors, corporations or foreign entities are not allowed.