Article 25 — Donations, contributions and self-generated resources

1. European political parties and European political foundations may accept donations from natural or legal persons of up to a value of EUR 18000 per year and per donor. 2. European political parties and European political foundations shall, at the time of the submission of their annual financial statements in accordance with Article 28, also transmit a list of all donors with their corresponding donations, indicating both the nature and the value of the individual donations. This paragraph shall also apply to contributions from member parties from the Union and member organisations from the Union, to contributions exceeding EUR 1500 made by individual members of European political parties and European political foundations and to self-generated resources of European political parties and European political foundations. For donations and contributions from natural persons the value of which exceeds EUR 1500 per year and per donor but is below or equal to EUR 3000, the European political party or European political foundation concerned shall indicate whether the corresponding natural persons have given their prior written consent to publication in accordance with Article 39(1), point (e). 3. Donations received by European political parties and European political foundations within six months prior to elections to the European Parliament shall be reported on a weekly basis to the Authority in writing and in accordance with paragraph 2. 4. Single donations the value of which exceeds EUR 12000 that have been accepted by European political parties and European political foundations shall be immediately reported to the Authority in writing and in accordance with paragraph 2. 5. For all donations the value of which exceeds EUR 3000 per year and per donor, European political parties and European political foundations shall request that such donors provide the necessary information so that they can be properly identified. European political parties and European political foundations shall transmit the information received to the Authority upon its request. The Authority shall establish a form to be used for the purpose of identifying the donors, as referred to in the first subparagraph. 6. European political parties and European political foundations shall not accept any of the following: (a) anonymous donations or contributions; (b) donations from the budgets of political groups in the European Parliament; (c) donations from any public authority from a Member State or a third country, or from any undertaking over which such a public authority may exercise, directly or indirectly, a dominant influence by virtue of its ownership of it, its financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it; or (d) donations from any private entities based in a third country or from individuals from a third country who are not entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament. 7. Any donation that is not permitted under this Regulation shall within 30 days following the date of its receipt by a European political party or a European political foundation be returned to the donor or to any person acting on the donor’s behalf. Where it is not possible to return the donation, it shall be reported to the Authority and the European Parliament. Where a donation is reported pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Authorising Officer of the European Parliament shall establish the amount receivable and authorise the recovery in accordance with the provisions laid down in Articles 98, 99 and 100 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. The funds shall be entered as general revenue in the European Parliament section of the general budget of the Union. 8. The Authority shall carry out checks where it has grounds to believe that any donation has been accepted in breach of this Regulation. It may for that purpose request additional information from the European political party or European political foundation and its donors and cooperate with the relevant authorities of the Member States. 9. Contributions to a European political party from its members, whether member parties from the Union or citizens of the Union, shall be permitted. The value of such contributions shall not exceed 40 % of the annual budget of that European political party. 10. Contributions to a European political foundation from its members, whether member organisations from the Union or citizens of the Union, and from the European political party with which it is affiliated, shall be permitted. The value of such contributions shall not exceed 40 % of the annual budget of that European political foundation, and they may not derive from funds received by a European political party pursuant to this Regulation from the general budget of the Union. The burden of proof shall rest with the European political party concerned, which shall clearly indicate in its accounts the origin of funds used to finance its affiliated European political foundation. 11. Without prejudice to paragraphs 9 and 10, European political parties and European political foundations may accept from citizens who are their members contributions up to a value of EUR 18000 per year and per member, where such contributions are made by the member concerned on his or her own behalf. The ceiling laid down in the first subparagraph shall not apply where the member concerned is also an elected member of the European Parliament, of a national parliament or of a regional parliament or regional assembly. 12. Any contribution that is not permitted under this Regulation shall be returned in accordance with paragraph 7. 13. The value of the self-generated resources of a European political party or of a European political foundation shall not exceed 3 % of the annual budget of that European political party and 5 % of the annual budget of that European political foundation.