13. Is there a ban on donations from any other source?
Austria
Art 6.6, '(6) Political parties shall not accept donations from:1. parliamentary groups as referred to in the Parliamentary Groups Funding Act 1985 (Klubfinanzierungsgesetz 1985), Federal Law Gazette No. 156, and provincial parliamentary groups,2. legal entities as referred to in ? 1 para 2 of the Journalism Subsidies Act 1984 (Publizistikf?rderungsgesetz 1984), Federal Law Gazette No. 369, and educational institutions of the parties subsidised by provinces,3. bodies corporate under public law,4. not-for-profit institutions as referred to in ? 4a para 2 subparas 1 to 3 of the Personal Income Tax Act 1988 (Einkommensteuergesetz 1988), Federal Law Gazette No. 400, and institutions serving the support of grassroots sport,5. undertakings and institutions in which the public sector holds a share of at least 25%,6. foreign natural or legal persons if the donation exceeds the amount of 2,500 euros,7. natural or legal persons if the donation is in cash and exceeds the amount of 2,500 euros,8. anonymous donations if the donation amounts to more than 1,000 euros in an individual case,9. natural or legal persons who noticeably want to forward a donation by an unnamed third party if the donation amounts to more than 1,000 euros,10. natural or legal persons who want to grant to the party a donation, noticeably in expectation of or in return for a certain commercial or legal advantage, and11. third parties who want to solicit donations for a party in return for remuneration to be paid by that party.' (Source: Federal Act on the Financing of Political Parties (Political Parties Act 2012 [Parteiengesetz 2012]), Federal Law Gazette I No. 56/2012))
Institutions serving the support of grassroots sport, donors who noticeably want to forward a donation by an unnamed third party (if above ?1,000), donors who want to grant to the party a donation, noticeably in expectation of or in return for a certain commercial or legal advantage, and donors who want to solicit donations for a party in return for remuneration to be paid by that party.