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Article 220
 

§ 1. Immediately after the verification of the powers of the members of the Chamber of Representatives, or in case of simultaneous elections for the Chamber and the communal and regional parliaments immediately after the verification of the powers mentioned in article 218, the clerk of the Senate communicates the number of seats for the co-opted senators distributed according to article 217sexies to each political alliance to the president of the Chamber of representatives.


§ 2. The members of the Chamber of Representatives who have been elected based on the lists belonging to the same political alliance, send the president of the Chamber a declaration with the names of the senators of the federated entities belonging to the same political alliance.


This declaration is only valid if it is signed by the majority of the elected representatives on the list of the mentioned political alliance, and by a majority of those, whose names figure on the declaration.


The president of the Chamber of Representatives verifies the validity of the declarations mentioned in the 1st sentence and eliminates the declaration not fulfilling the conditions in the first und sentence two.


§ 3. The clerk of the Chamber of Representatives informs the president of the Senate about the admitted declarations.


§ 4. The president of the Senate informs the senators of the federated entities figuring on the declaration delivered by the Chamber according to paragraph 3, about the number of seats for the coopted senators attributed to the mention end political alliance.


§ 5. At least five days before the meeting during which the co-opted senators will be appointed, the senators of the federated entities whose names figure in the declaration mentioned in paragraph 2, of the political alliance that is entitled to the seats of the co-opted senators, hand over a list with as many candidates’ names as there are seats for the co-opted senators of the appointed political alliance.


The lists indicating the names of the candidates, mentioned in the 1st sentence, are only valid if they are signed by the majority of the senators of the federated entities figuring in the declaration mention end in paragraph 2, of the political alliance that is entitled to the seats of the co-opted senators.


§ 6. However, if a political alliance is entitled to the seats of the co-opted senators that is not represented by senators in the federated entities, the list indicating the names of the candidates, mentioned in paragraph 5 is revised at least 5 days before the meeting, where the co-opted senators are appointed, by the members of the Chamber of Representatives of the same political alliance that is entitled to the seats. The list is not valid until it is not signed by the majority of the members of the Chamber of Representatives elected on the same political alliance.


The president of the Chamber of Representatives verifies the validity of the lists mentioned in the first sentence and eliminates the lists that do not satisfy the conditions in the 1st sentence. The clerk of the Chamber of Representatives informs the president of the Senate about the admitted lists.


§ 7. Before the elaboration of the candidates’ lists mentioned in paragraph 5, the senators of the federated entities named in the declaration mentioned in paragraph 2 come to an agreement, if necessary, to ensure the respect of article 67, § 3, of the Constitution.