231.1. The candidate, political party or bloc of political parties not mentioned in Article 230 of this Code, should pay in full the costs of free airtime and space allocated by TV and radio companies and periodicals mentioned in Articles 77.2, 77.3 and 77.4 of this Code.

The given cost should be paid by the candidate, political party or blocs of political parties from election funds by the day the final financial report is submitted. The Central Election Commission shall send the following to the TV and Radio companies and offices of periodicals mentioned in Articles 77.2, 77.3 and 77.4 of this Code within 3 days after the general results of elections are officially published:

• the list of candidates, political parties or blocs of political parties, as well as a list of political parties included in the mentioned blocs of political parties;
• their addresses;
• certified copies of extracts from joint decisions of blocs of political parties on the payment of used free airtime and space allocated by periodicals.

231.2. Within 10 days after the official publication of final election results, the TV and radio companies and periodicals mentioned in Articles 77.2, 77.3 and 77.4 of this Code shall inform the candidates, political parties, blocs of political parties, and political parties included in a bloc not considered in Article 230 of this Code, about the cost of used free airtime and free space in periodicals, the companies’ legal address, and the companies’ bank information.

231.3. The cost of free airtime and print-space mentioned in Articles 80.5, 83.6 and 224.2 of this Code, shall be determined by multiplying the total volume of airtime and print-space allocated for the candidate, political party, or bloc of political parties in accordance with the rules defined in Articles 80.6 and 83.7 of this Code, with the cost of airtime and print-space, as determined by TV and radio companies and periodicals.

231.4. When political parties and blocs of political parties use free airtime to conduct joint campaign activities considered by Article 224.2 of this Code, the amount of funds returned by each political party and bloc of political parties shall be determined by TV and Radio companies by dividing it proportionally by the total number of participants of each joint TV program.

231.5. if a candidate, political party, or bloc of political parties refuses to use free airtime in accordance with the rules and period defined by the Article 81.5 of this Code, the cost of presented free airtime shall not be paid.

231.6. TV and Radio companies and periodicals considered by Articles 77.2, 77.3 and 77.4 of this Code shall inform the Central Election Commission on the candidate or political parties considered by Article 230 of this Code, which did not completely pay the costs of free airtime and print-space, within 12 months of Voting Day. The Constituency Election Commissions shall inform the Central Election Commission about citizens or political parties not considered by Article 230 of this Code and those who have debt obligations to the election commission, within 12 months of Election Day.