4. Is there a ban on corporate donations to candidates?
Ukraine
Source:
Article 15, Law "On Political Parties in Ukraine" (2001)
(UK)
Не допускається здійснення внесків на підтримку політичних партій:
2) державними та комунальними підприємствами, установами та організаціями;
3) юридичними особами, в яких не менше 10 відсотків статутного капіталу або прав голосу прямо або опосередковано належать державі, органам місцевого самоврядування;
4) юридичними особами, кінцевими бенефіціарними власниками (контролерами) яких є особи, зазначені у підпунктах "а", "в"-"і" пункту 1 та у підпункті "а" пункту 2 частини першої статті 3 Закону України "Про запобігання корупції".
(EN)
Donations in support of political parties shall be prohibited if they are made by:
2) state-owned and local self-governance-owned companies, institutions and organizations;
3) legal entities in which at least 10 per cent of the authorized capital or voting rights are directly or indirectly owned by the state or local self-governance bodies;
4) legal entities whose ultimate beneficiary owners (controllers) are persons specified in subparagraphs “a”, “в”-“i” of paragraph 1 and in subparagraph “a” of paragraph 2, Part one, Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”.
Available at:
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2365-14#Text
Source:
Article 215, Election Code of Ukraine (2020)
(UK)
3. Забороняється робити добровільні внески до виборчого фонду:
3) юридичним особам, їх філіям і представництвам.
(EN)
3. Voluntary contributions to an election fund may not be made by:
3) legal entities, their branches and representative offices.
Available at:
In national elections, candidates are subject to the same restrictions as political parties. Ukrainian law doesn't ban corporate donations to political parties. But there are some limits for certain legal entities. In local elections, stricter rules apply. According to Article 215 of the Election Code of Ukraine (2020), legal entities, including their branches and representative offices, are prohibited from making voluntary contributions to candidates’ electoral funds.
In national (parliamentary and presidential) elections, restrictions are applied under the Law “On Political Parties in Ukraine,” which also applies during the inter-election period. In particular, Article 15 of the Law “On Political Parties in Ukraine” refers to: Part 1, 3 of Article 96 of the Electoral Code of Ukraine (restrictions on entities in presidential elections), Part 2 of Article 96 of the Electoral Code of Ukraine (restrictions on the size of contributions in presidential elections); Parts 1 and 3 of Article 152 of the Electoral Code of Ukraine (restrictions on entities in parliamentary elections), Part 2 of Article 152 of the Electoral Code of Ukraine (restrictions on the size of contributions in parliamentary elections)
