30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding?

1. The grant shall not exceed the sum of the following amounts:
a. a basic amount of € 181,947, per parliamentary seat of the political party an amount of € 52,773 and per member of the political party an amount equal to € 1,992,218 divided by the total number of members of the political parties that were on the reference date receive a subsidy;
b. if on the reference date the political party has designated a political-scientific institute as ancillary institution as referred to in Article 2 , a basic amount of € 127,789 and an amount of € 13,135 per parliamentary seat of the political party;
c. if on the reference date the political party has designated a political youth organization as a secondary institution as referred to in Article 3 , an amount per seat of the political party and an amount per member of the political youth organization, calculated in accordance with the second paragraph;
d. if on the reference date the political party has designated an institution for foreign activities as a secondary institution as referred to in Article 4 , a basic amount and an amount per seat of the political party, calculated in accordance with the third paragraph.
2 The amount per room seat, referred to in the first paragraph, under c, is calculated by dividing € 512,256 by the total number of room seats of the political parties that have designated a political youth organization on the reference date. The amount per member of the political youth organization is calculated by dividing € 512,256 by the total number of members of all designated political youth organizations.
3 The basic amount, referred to in the first paragraph, under d, is calculated by dividing € 655,183 by the total number of political parties that on the reference date has designated an institution for foreign activities. The amount per room seat, referred to in the first paragraph, under d, is calculated by dividing € 942,824 by the total number of room seats of the political parties that have designated an institution for foreign activities on the reference date.
4 For the purposes of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the number of parliamentary seats of a political party, the number of members of a political party and the number of members of a political youth organization are based on the reference date.
5 The amounts referred to in the first, second and third paragraphs are amended annually as of 1 January by ministerial regulation, in accordance with the wage and price adjustment used for the national budget and rounded to the nearest whole number.
Source: Art. 8, Political Parties Financing Act, 2013 (amended 2019)

Article 7(1) of the PFA states that public funding is allocated to all parliamentary parties that have at least 1,000 members with voting rights, who each pay an annual contribution of at least EUR 12. The annual public grant consists of a general amount allocated to each eligible political party, an amount per seat and an amount per member which are both provided annually in proportion to the number of seats a party has in parliament and to the number of contributing members of the party, respectively.
Source: OSCE/ODIHR (2017) The Netherlands, Parliamentary Elections, 15 March 2017. OSCE/ODIHR Election Assessment Mission, Final Report. OSCE/ODIHR, Warsaw