14. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during a non-election specific period?

Lithuania

Lithuania

Answer
Yes, for both natural and legal persons
Source

Law on political parties (2004, last amended 2021), Article 19(4); Law on the financing, and control of financing, of political campaigns (2004, last amended 2019), Article 10(2).

Comment

A member of a political party may pay a membership fee to a political party during a calendar year, which shall not exceed the amounts of 20 published average monthly earnings (AMEs) valid  for the fourth quarter of the previous calendar year. The total amount of membership fees for a political party during a calendar year may not exceed 10% of the annual income of the previous calendar year declared by a political party member (when the membership fee is paid after May 1) or the previous calendar year (when the membership fee is paid before May 1)..

Single donations by natural persons during poltiical campaigns must not exceed the amount of 10 average monthly earnings (AMEs) valid in the fourth quarter of the previous calendar year. The total amount of donations by a natural person in a calendar year may not exceed 10% of the annual income declared by the person in the previous calendar year.

Legal persons not allowed to make donations.

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