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Article 359
 

(1) Any national of another Member State of the European Union, who satisfies the conditions referred to in Article 350 (2) herein and wishes to be entered on an electoral roll, shall present a declaration completed in a standard form to the municipal administration exercising jurisdiction over the residence address in the Republic of Bulgaria not later than 40 days in advance of polling day, declaring thereby:


1. citizenship and residence address in the Republic of Bulgaria;


2. the locality or constituency in a Member State of the European Union in which the name thereof was last entered;


3. that the declarant will exercise his or her right to vote in the Republic of Bulgaria only;


4. that the declarant is not deprived of the right to elect in the Member State of which the person is a national;


5. the particulars according to the identity card or the passport and Personal Number;


6. the date from which the person has been resident in the Republic of Bulgaria or in another Member State of the European Union.


(2) Upon succeeding elections of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria, a national of another Member State of the European Union who has once submitted a declaration under Paragraph (1) and has been included in Part II of the electoral roll shall be entered automatically on Part II of the electoral roll, without submitting a new declaration. A new declaration under Paragraph (1) shall be submitted solely upon change of any of the circumstances declared.


(3) The declarations under Paragraph (1) shall be safe-kept for the next elections of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria by the competent municipal administration.