It must publish its revenue and expenditure annually.
It must publish a statement of its assets and liabilities annually.
It must provide a list of its donors and their donations exceeding €500.
It must not accept anonymous donations.
It must not accept donations exceeding €12,000 per year and per donor.
It must not accept donations from the budgets of political groups of the European Parliament.
It must not accept more than 40% of a national political party's annual budget.
It must not accept donations from any company over which the public authorities may exercise a dominant influence, either by virtue of their ownership of it, or by their financial participation therein.
It must get at least 15% of its budget from sources other than its European Union funding.
It must submit its application by the 30 September before the financial year that it wants funding for.
To be eligible for funding a political party at EU level needs to have a program.