San Marino

Dichiarazione dei Diritti dei Cittadini e dei Principi Fondamentali dell'Ordinamento Sammarinese (1974); Legge Qualificata sul Bilancio (number/year unconfirmed; cclsm.sm ECONNREFUSED); EU Monetary Agreement SM-EU (2012)

Dichiarazione dei Diritti dei Cittadini 1974 (Consiglio Grande e Generale — text not on Constituteproject.org; cclsm.sm ECONNREFUSED); Legge Qualificata sul Bilancio (number and year unconfirmed; cclsm.sm ECONNREFUSED); EU Monetary Agreement SM-EU (2012)

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Fiscal Transparency: 35/100 (weak)
35
out of 100
weak
21 of 37 scored fields populated. Higher = stronger statutory transparency requirements.

San Marino's fiscal transparency framework is among the least documented in the Romance cluster due to primary source access failures (cclsm.sm ECONNREFUSED during research). The constitutional basis is the Dichiarazione dei Diritti dei Cittadini e dei Principi Fondamentali dell'Ordinamento Sammarinese (Declaration of Citizens' Rights, 1974), which establishes the Consiglio Grande e Generale (60-member parliament) as the legislative authority. The Legge Qualificata sul Bilancio (Budget Organic Law — number and year unconfirmed) governs the annual budget process. San Marino operates under the EU Monetary Agreement (SM-EU, 2012) and uses the euro but is NOT an EU member and is NOT subject to EU Two-Pack (Regulation 473/2013), EU procurement directives (Dir 2014/24/EU), or EU whistleblower directive (Dir 2019/1937). STRUCTURAL GAPS: No IFI equivalent; no parliamentary budget office; no confirmed competitive bidding statute; whistleblower protections explicitly False (no domestic statute confirmed); no confirmed open-expenditure portal mandate. The Colegio dei Sindaci (internal audit body) and the Consiglio Grande e Generale finance commission provide oversight without confirmed performance audit mandate (audit_scope = 'financial'). SCORE NOTE: San Marino's score of 33/100 reflects both primary source access failure (ECONNREFUSED) and the structural absence of EU-equivalent fiscal governance institutions. Phase 4 research should target direct BOPA/cclsm.sm retrieval to confirm or upgrade fields currently NULL or False. Currency: EUR (EU Monetary Agreement); fiscal year: calendar year.

Transparency Requirements

Budget Publicationmax 12 pts

Budget publication required ✓ Yes
Budget published online ✓ Yes
Budget publication timeline
Machine-readable budget format
Draft budget required before adoption ✓ Yes

Expenditure Disclosuremax 12 pts

Expenditure disclosure required ✓ Yes
Expenditure granularity department
Public expenditure portal required No
Expenditure reporting frequency

Independent Auditmax 12 pts

Audit required ✓ Yes
Auditor independent of entity ✓ Yes
Auditor selection method appointed independent
Audit frequency annual
Audit reports public ✓ Yes
Audit scope financial

Contract & Procurementmax 10 pts

Public bidding required
Contract publication required
Bid award disclosure
Beneficial ownership disclosure No

Debt & Liability Disclosuremax 10 pts

Debt disclosure required ✓ Yes
Pension liability disclosure
Contingent liability disclosure
Voter approval required for new debt No

Fiscal Reporting Frequencymax 10 pts

Interim reporting required ✓ Yes
Interim reporting frequency
Year-end report deadline 180 days after fiscal year
Citizens budget required No

Enforcement & Oversightmax 10 pts

Non-compliance penalties No
Fiscal oversight body No
Whistleblower protections No
Legislative budget office No

Revenue & Tax Transparencymax 8 pts

Tax expenditure reporting
Revenue forecasting required ✓ Yes
Tax rate publication ✓ Yes
Fee schedule publication

Compensation & Payrollmax 8 pts

Salary disclosure required
Salary disclosure scope
Pension benefit disclosure
Overtime reporting

Capital & Asset Disclosuremax 8 pts

Capital plan required
Asset inventory required
Surplus asset disposal transparency

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