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Article 180
 

(1) (Supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The media service providers shall be bound to make public on the Internet sites thereof information on the contracts, including the gratuitous contracts, concluded with the parties, coalitions and nomination committees which have registered candidates and/or with another client in connection with the election campaign, including if any such contract has been concluded with an intermediary.


(2) (Supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The information on the onerous and gratuitous contracts referred to in Paragraph (1), made public by the electronic media, shall contain data on:


1. the party, coalition or nomination committee;
2. the subject matter of the contract;
3. the term of the contract;
4. the programme service in which the contracted forms will be broadcast;
5. (supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) the total value in leva exclusive of value added tax of the onerous contracts.


(3) (Supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The information on the onerous and gratuitous contracts covered under Paragraph (1), which is made public by the print media (newspapers, magazines and other periodicals) and online news services (electronic editions of newspapers, magazines, news agencies and other electronic editions) shall contain data on:


1. the party, coalition or nomination committee;
2. the subject matter of the contract;
3. the term of the contract;
4. the print media and the online news services in which the contracted forms will be distributed;
5. (supplemented, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) the total value in leva exclusive of value added tax of the onerous contracts.


(4) The information referred to in Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be published on the Internet sites of the media service providers within three days after the signing of the relevant contract and shall be removed not earlier than the declaration of the election results.