1. Private radios and televisions cover the electoral campaign only during normal and special news editions. Private radios and televisions shall not allocate airtime to political subjects for their electoral campaign. Electoral campaign information prepared and transmitted during the news editions based on the materials made available by the electoral subjects should be clearly identifiable in compliance with the CEC instructions.

2. During normal and special news editions, private radios and televisions shall respect the following conditions:

a) the political airtime of the news editions is divided on time ratios as established by point 1 of article 81 of this Code. In case the coverage ratios are violated in favour of one party, the CEC, on its own initiative or upon the proposal of the CEAZs, fines the local radio/television with ALL 1,500,000 and the national radio/television with ALL 3,000,000. The CEC decision constitutes an executive title and is executed by the bailiff’s office. An appeal against the decision does not suspend its execution. If the violation is repeated, the CEC orders the National Council of Radio and Television (NCRT) to debar the transmissions of that radio/television broadcaster for 48 hours, starting no later than 18:00 of the following day;
b) the airtime covering activities of the central or local public institutions shall be calculated as part of the airtime allocated to the electoral subject that the head of the institution adheres to when this activity has electoral purposes. An activity has electoral purposes when it aims to promote the institutional achievements, investments, inaugurations or the progress in public works or when it promotes specific aspects of the electoral programme of the electoral subject;
c) to cover the activities of non-parliamentary parties and candidates proposed by voters, private radios and televisions apply professional criteria;
ç) propaganda, political comments or stances by journalists are prohibited during news programmes. In the case of a violation, the CEC fines the perpetrating local radio/television with ALL 1,000,000 and the national radio/television with ALL 2,500,000. The decision of the CEC constitutes an executive title and is executed by the bailiff’s office. An appeal against the decision does not suspend its execution. If the violation is repeated, the CEC orders the NCRT to debar the transmission of the local radio/television broadcaster for 48 hours, starting no later than 1800 of the following day.

3. Private radios and televisions have the right to organize electoral debates between the competing political parties or candidates. In these debates, the private radio/television broadcasters shall preserve the balance between the political parties participating in the debate.
In the case of violations, the CEC orders the NCRT to debar the transmission of the radio/television broadcaster for 48 hours, starting no later than 1800 of the following day.

4. Only those electoral subjects registered for elections are entitled to broadcast political advertisements during the electoral period on private radio, television or audiovisual media, be they digital, cable, analogue, satellite or any other form or method of signal transmission. Political advertisements of electoral coalitions are calculated within the time of the political parties that are members of the coalition according to an individual agreement between each party and the radio or television broadcaster. The political advertisement must clearly identify the commissioning subject. If the political advertisement does not clearly identify the commissioning subject, the CEC orders the immediate suspension of its transmission until its verification according to this point.

5. The total airtime for political advertisements during the entire election campaign on each private radio and television station may not exceed 90 minutes for each party registered in elections. In any case, radio and television broadcasters apply the same fees for the same time slot throughout the campaign.
Five days before the beginning of the electoral campaign, the radio and television broadcasters shall submit the fees for each time slot to the CEC. The fees are published on the official website of the CEC.

6. For elections to the Assembly, private national and satellite radios and televisions that accept paid advertisements in accordance with this article are obliged to make available to the electoral subjects, free of charge, half of the total airtime for advertisement provided for in point 5 of this article. The cost for making the free airtime available to the electoral subjects by private radio and televisions is calculated as a deductible expense for taxation purposes.
The CEC, the NCRT and the Minister of Finance are responsible for issuing the respective instructions.

7. Political advertisements of electoral subjects are broadcast from 1500 to 1800 and from 2100 to 2400 of the daily programme.

8. Advertisements for candidates for mayors of local government units are included in the time of the political subject they represent.

9. Private radios and televisions make available extra airtime for the advertisements of non-parliamentary parties and candidates proposed by the voters, in addition to the airtime applied according to point 5 of this article. The airtime for the advertisements of each non-parliamentary party and candidates proposed by voters shall not exceed 10 minutes for the entire electoral campaign. For non-parliamentary parties and candidates proposed by the voters, the same rates as for parliamentary parties as well as the same criteria for the free time in accordance with point 6 of this article shall be applied. In the case of a violation, the CEC fines the local radio/television broadcaster with ALL 2,000,000 and the national radio/television broadcaster with ALL 3,500,000. The decision of the CEC constitutes an executive title and is executed by the bailiff’s office. An appeal against the decision does not suspend its execution.
In case of a violation, the CEC orders the NCRT to debar the transmission of the local radio/television broadcaster for 48 hours, starting no later than 1800 of the following day.

10. Advertising by central and local public institutions, 60 days before the Election Day, is prohibited, unless it serves to raise the awareness of voters related to aspects of the electoral process or other announcements envisaged by law.