Published Thursday, 04 February 2010
In an interview with the News Letter newspaper last June, Mr Robinson said he gave his Assembly salary to the party.
The commission opened the review because donations of more than £5,000 to a political party have to be declared. As an MP, Mr Robinson's MLA salary is reduced to £15,000.
A spokesman for the commission said there was no failure by the DUP to comply with the donations reporting requirements.
"The review has now closed and we will be taking no further action," he said.
In a statement, the DUP said the "substantial donations" were received from the party leader after he took up his post as First Minister in June and not at "the start of the financial year," the spokesman said.
"The Electoral Commission is content that none of the donations to the accountant units or the party centrally exceeded the limits.
"When the party officers set the figure, it was based on the net salary of an Assembly member."
Last June, following the European elections and the media focus on salaries and expenses, Mr Robinson gave a wide-ranging interview to the News Letter.
He said he gives up his entire MLA salary, which is around £15,000.
At the time of the interview, parties were required under law to declare donations exceeding £5,000 to the commission.
Code of office
On his first full day back as First Minister Mr Robinson, meanwhile, faced calls to publish legal advice clearing him of breaching his code of office, in the wake of the scandal surrounding his wife's financial affairs.
Ministerial executive colleague and Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie said there were more questions to be answered.
"I don't think the scope of this inquiry by senior crown counsel was sufficient to address fully public interest issues or answer the questions that are out there," she said.
She added that she had the utmost respect for the barrister who produced the advice, Paul Maguire QC, and said she was sure he had done a thorough job.
An Ulster Unionist Party spokesman said there should be full transparency.
"It would clearly be in the public interest for this legal opinion to be published in full," he said.
"However there are also ongoing investigations, including a police inquiry, together with investigations by Parliamentary, Assembly and Electoral Commission authorities."
"We will await the conclusion of those investigations with interest."
Mr Robinson has said he is happy to co-operate with other reviews.
A DUP spokesman said: "While we understand that there are a number of legal impediments the First Minister is very keen that the advice can be released in as transparent and complete a form as possible and is asking the Minister of Finance who commissioned the advice to examine how this may be done."
Mr Robinson stepped aside temporarily last month, after it emerged that his wife Iris secured £50,000 from two property developers to set her teenage lover up in business while she was an MP and a councillor.