BANK ACCOUNT OF A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Abstract

This study covers the subject matter of bank accounts of campaign committees, including the ones taking part in the local government elections of 2018. It was also the author’s intention to discuss the background of the subject matter, which is why the presented discussion of the legislative framework refers also to bank accounts in general. Such an approach allows to refer the conclusions drawn to campaign committees taking part in other elections. Using the formal dogmatic method, the Author discusses the legal grounds for establishing cooperation between a bank and a customer (as parties to a bank account contract) and, then, between a bank and a campaign committee (as a specific customer type), obligations of the parties to that relationship and the bank’s obligations under other provisions performed in relation to campaign committees and bank accounts maintained for such campaign committees, including in particular in the area of counteracting money laundering and terrorist financing, and their impact on the performance of supervisory obligations and safety of the economic system.