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IX. Campaigning and media









The OSCE/ODIHR recommended adopting regulations to require that paid content in political advertising be clearly labelled and legislation to prohibit hidden advertising be introduced. Although the draft Code contains no prohibition on hidden advertising, Article 179 states: “When broadcasting, publishing and distributing paid forms of coverage of an election campaign, the providers of media services shall separate them through visual, sound or spatial means and shall indicate in an appropriate manner that the material is paid for”. Thus, the recommendation is partially addressed.