(1) (Supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The full or abbreviated name of any coalition, including of any local coalition, may not replicate the full or abbreviated name of any party registered under the Political Parties Act until the date of promulgation in the State Gazette of the decree of the President or of the resolution of the National Assembly scheduling the elections, including by means of adding any words, letters, numbers or other signs to any such name.

The full or abbreviated name of any coalition, including of any local coalition, may not replicate the full or abbreviated name of any coalition registered at the Central Election Commission to contest the last elections of National Representatives, or the name of any existing parliamentary group, as well as the adding of any words, letters, numbers or other signs to any such names. The full or abbreviated name of any local coalition shall contain only the full or abbreviated name of some of the parties or coalitions participating in the said local coalition.

(2) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The prohibition referred to in Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the full or abbreviated name of the coalition replicates the full or abbreviated name of any of the parties participating in the said coalition, as well as where there is consent in writing with notarised signatures by the persons representing the coalition or by the leadership of the parliamentary group.

(3) The full or abbreviated name of the parties participating in a coalition may be added in parentheses to the full or abbreviated name of the coalition.

(4) The Central Election Commission upon all types of elections and the competent municipal election commission upon elections of municipal councillors and of mayors shall check the compliance with the requirements of Paragraphs (1) and (2).

Upon ascertainment of any omissions or non-conformities, the Central Election Commission and, respectively, the municipal election commission shall forthwith give directions for the elimination of the said omissions or non-conformities within three days but not later than the closing date for registration.

(5) Where the omissions or non-conformities are not eliminated within the time limit referred to in Paragraph (4), the competent election commission shall refuse registration.

(6) The refusal of registration by the Central Election Commission shall be appealable before the Supreme Administrative Court according to the procedure established by Article 58 herein.

(7) The refusal of registration by the municipal election commission may be disputed before the Central Election Commission according to the procedure established by Article 88 herein.