183.1. In accordance with Basis III of article 41 of the Constitution, when the Institute considers that the total airtime in radio and television available to it is not enough for its purposes or those of other electoral authorities, it will establish the applicable to cover the missing time.

183.2. The airtime in radio and television established by the respective standards cannot be accumulated; nor is it possible to transfer time between radio stations or television channels, nor between states. The allocation of time between the electoral campaigns will be adjusted strictly to the provisions in this chapter, regarding what is established by the regulations on the matter and by the Radio and Television Committee of the Institute.

183.3. The standards determined by the Committee will establish the station or channel, as the day and hour, in which each message should be transmitted.

183.4. The radio and television broadcasters cannot change the standards nor demand additional technical requirements from the ones approved by the Committee; the violation to this regulation will be punished in the terms established by this Law.

183.5. In extraordinary elections, the General Council will establish the territorial coverage and the time allocated to the political parties in radio and television, attending to the criteria established in this chapter.

183.6. The broadcasting signals transmitted in pay television services, including those resulting from multiprogramming, should include the messages of the political parties and of the electoral authorities, without any changes, in accordance with the regulatory provisions on telecommunications.

183.7. The transmissions in the pay television services referred to in the previous paragraph should eliminate, during both the federal and local campaign periods, the messages of government propaganda.

183.8. The pay television broadcasters that distribute broadcasting signals resulting from the multiprogramming should include the messages of the political parties and of the electoral authorities referred to in this chapter, without any changes, in every program channel that they broadcast, in accordance with the regulatory provisions on telecommunications.

183.9. In each multiprogramming channel authorized to the broadcasters that provide broadcasting services, the airtimes of the state in the terms of this law and the provisions on telecommunications should be complied with.