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Article 171
 

(1) A single public register of the parties, coalitions and nomination committees registered to contest the respective type of election shall be established at the Bulgarian National Audit Office and shall be maintained from the opening of the election campaign until the next elections of the same type.


(2) The following shall be published in the register referred to in Paragraph (1):


1. the circumstances covered under Article 17 of the Political Parties Act;


2. the name of the coalition and the name of the nomination committee and the names of the persons who represent the said coalition and committee;


3. the name of the party which has been designated by the coalition to be responsible for the financial resources raised and spent and for the bookkeeping of the said coalition;


4. the names of the person or persons who are responsible for the financial resources raised and spent and for the bookkeeping;


5. the names of the contributors, the type, purpose, amount or value of the contributions made;


6. the names of the candidates and of the members of the nomination committees who have provided financial resources and the amount of the said resources;


7. the names of the natural persons who provided things or services for gratuitous use for the election campaign, the period of use, the type and the description of the things provided for use and the type of the services;


8. the declarations on the origin of the financial resources contributed, the declarations on the origin of the financial resources of the candidates and of the members of the nomination committees and the declarations by the natural persons on ownership of the things provided for gratuitous use;


9. the names of the sociological agencies and of the advertising agencies, as well as of the public relations agencies hired by the parties, coalitions and nomination committees.


(3) Within five days after the opening of the election campaign, the parties, coalitions and nomination committees shall transmit the information covered under Paragraph (2) on hard copy and on soft copy to the Bulgarian National Audit Office for inclusion in the register.


(4) While the election campaign is in progress, the parties, coalitions and nomination committees shall transmit within seven days the newly received information covered under Paragraph (2) on hard copy and on soft copy to the Bulgarian National Audit Office for inclusion in the register.


(5) After conduct of the elections, the reports referred to in Article 172 (1) herein shall be published in the register.


(6) The Bulgarian National Audit Office shall establish the terms and procedure for entering the information covered under Paragraph (2) into the register, as well as for the elimination of any inaccuracies and omissions, and shall make public the said terms and procedure on the Internet site thereof.