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

"(2) An entitlement to a permanent contribution or an allowance for a mandate shall arise for the party and the movements which have submitted a complete annual financial report within the set deadline.

(3) The right to a permanent contribution shall arise to a party and movements which have attained at least 3% of the votes in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies.

(4) The entitlement to the mandate shall arise if at least one deputy, senator, member of the regional council or a member of the Prague City Council has been elected on the candidate list of the party and of the movement or has been elected as a party and movement on the list of the coalition in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies , The Senate, the regional council or on a candidate list of the coalition or association of parties and movements and independent candidates in the elections to the Prague City Council.

(5) An entitlement to support for the activity of a political institute shall arise to a party and movement whose at least one member has been elected for that party and movement at least in two of the last three consecutive electoral periods of the Chamber of Deputies including the current term of office and who is the founder or member political institute. This contribution may be used by the party or movement exclusively to cover the expenses of the political institute."

Source: Article 20 (2) - (5), Act No. 424/1991_The Law on Association in Political Parties and Political Movements, 1991