4. Is there a ban on corporate donations to candidates?
Italy
"any corporate donation must be approved by the management body of the relevant legal entity and properly entered in the company’s financial statements"
Source: GRECO (2012) Evaluation report for Italy, Transparency on political party funding (theme II). GRECO, third evaluation round, Strasbourg, March 2012, pag.8
"In the case of donations of any kind [...] higher than €5000, the donor and the recipient shall sign a joint declaration, in the shape of a unique document, that must be submitted to the President of the Chamber of Deputy. For what concerns electoral campaining, donations received by candidates can be notified through self-certification"
Source: Art.4 Law n°659, 18 December 1981, and following modification.
Donations to candidates from legal persons are not banned, but some specific conditions apply
