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Contribution limits for political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO 20 September 2000
SARAJEVO, 19 September 2000 - The Provisional Election Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina has established the official limit on contributions to political parties pursuant to the State Law on Party Financing.
The Law on Party Financing limits the amount that any one contributor can give to a political party in a calendar year. The limit is determined by multiplying the average workers' monthly salary by eight. According to the most recent figures from the BiH Agency for Statistics, the gross average monthly salary for workers in the Republika Srpska is 314 KM and the gross average in the Federation is 600 KM. Based on these figures, the Provisional Election Commission decided the contribution limit be set at 3,656 KM.
The Provisional Election Commission will inform all certified political parties that they are prohibited from accepting more than 3,656 KM from any single contributor between 26 August, the day that the Law on Party Financing went into effective, and the end of the year.
Compliance will be checked by reviewing the post-election reports that parties are required to file with the Provisional Election Commission pursuant to Article 1601 of the Rules and Regulations, and on the annual reports that parties will file pursuant to the Law on Party Financing.
For more information please call OSCE Spokesperson Luke Zahner at 033/292-222 or 066/144-311.
The Law on Party Financing limits the amount that any one contributor can give to a political party in a calendar year. The limit is determined by multiplying the average workers' monthly salary by eight. According to the most recent figures from the BiH Agency for Statistics, the gross average monthly salary for workers in the Republika Srpska is 314 KM and the gross average in the Federation is 600 KM. Based on these figures, the Provisional Election Commission decided the contribution limit be set at 3,656 KM.
The Provisional Election Commission will inform all certified political parties that they are prohibited from accepting more than 3,656 KM from any single contributor between 26 August, the day that the Law on Party Financing went into effective, and the end of the year.
Compliance will be checked by reviewing the post-election reports that parties are required to file with the Provisional Election Commission pursuant to Article 1601 of the Rules and Regulations, and on the annual reports that parties will file pursuant to the Law on Party Financing.
For more information please call OSCE Spokesperson Luke Zahner at 033/292-222 or 066/144-311.