29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?

"Political parties having their members in the Croatian Parliament and independent MPs elected from independent lists shall be entitled to regular annual financing from the state budget.

Political parties with members in the representative bodies of local and regional self-government units and members of the representative bodies of local and regional self-government units who have been elected from a list of a group of voters shall be entitled to regular annual financing from the budgets of local and regional self-government units."

Source: Article 4, POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING ACT (consolidated text) 2013, (with 2016 amendment included)

"The following shall be entitled to recover election campaign costs from the state budget of the Republic of Croatia:
– candidates who receive a minimum of 10% of valid votes at elections for President of the Republic of Croatia;
– political parties and independent lists which receive a minimum of 5% of valid votes at elections for members to the European Parliament;

– political parties and independent lists which receive more than 5% of the valid votes of electors in their constituency at elections for members to the Croatian Parliament;

– political parties which nominated candidates for national minority MPs who became members in the Croatian Parliament and candidates for national minority MPs nominated by voters and national minority associations, who became members in the Croatian Parliament.
– candidates for MPs of national minorities accounting for less than 1.5% of the population of the Republic of Croatia, who did not become members in the Croatian Parliament, but have received more than 15% of the valid votes from voters in their constituency, shall be entitled to recover 15% of costs that would otherwise be recoverable by elected MPs.
The following shall be entitled to recover election campaign costs from the budgets of local and regional self-government units:
– political parties and lists of a group of voters which win at least one seat in a representative body in elections for members of the representative bodies of local and regional self-government units;
– candidates who, at elections for municipality heads, city mayors, county prefects and the mayor of the City of Zagreb and their deputies, receive a minimum of 10% of valid votes from the total number of voters turning out for such elections;
– candidates who, at elections for municipality heads, city mayors, county prefects elected from among national minorities, receive a minimum of 10% of valid votes from the total number of voters turning out for such elections.
Costs recoverable under paragraph (1) of this Article shall be paid from the state budget of the Republic of Croatia, whereas those recoverable under paragraph (2) of this Article shall be paid from the budgets of local and regional self-government units."

Source: Article 18, POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING ACT (consolidated text) 2013, (with 2016 amendment included)

For regular financing: representation in an elected body. 

For election campaign compesation: a) from national funding: share of votes obtained in the election (% depending on the type of election), and candidates (and parties nominating them) from national minorities; b) from local funding: seat in representative body, % of votes