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Article 414
 

(1) The registration of the candidate lists shall be effected by the municipal election commissions upon presentation of:


1. a proposal by the party or coalition, stating the names, Standard Public Registry Personal Number and permanent address, present address or residence address of the candidates; any such proposal shall be signed by the persons representing the party or coalition or by persons expressly authorised thereby;


2. a proposal by the nomination committee, stating the names, Standard Public Registry Personal Number and permanent address, present address or residence address of the candidate; any such proposal shall be signed by the person representing the nomination committee;


3. (amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) a representation-declaration, completed in a standard form, by each one of the candidates of the consent thereof to be registered by the proposing party, coalition or nomination committee and to the effect that the candidate satisfies the conditions referred to in Article 397 (1) or (2) and in Article 413 (1), (2), (3) and (4) herein;


4. (repealed, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016);


5. (repealed, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016);


6. any candidate for municipal councillor, who is a national of another Member State of the European Union and is not a Bulgarian national, shall furthermore present a declaration completed in a standard form, declaring thereby:


(a) citizenship and residence address in the respective nucleated settlement;
(b) that the person is not interdicted;
(c) the particulars according to the identity card or the passport and Personal Number;


7. the candidate referred to in Item 6 shall produce an attestation from the competent authorities of the Member State of which the person is a national, certifying that the said person is not deprived of the right to be elected and that no such disqualification is known to those authorities; in case the candidate is unable to produce such attestation, the said candidate shall declare in the declaration referred to in Item 6 that the said candidate is not deprived of the right to be elected in the Member State of which the person is a national;


8. an authorisation of the persons authorised to represent the party or coalition in dealings with the municipal election commission, in the cases where the documents are submitted by authorised persons.


(2) The municipal election commission shall check ex officio and shall note the particulars according to the identity card or the internal passport of the candidate, the Standard Public Registry Personal Number (Personal Number), the permanent and the present address (residence address) and the date of the address registration.


(3) The registration of the candidate lists at the constituency election commissions shall be effected not later than 32 days in advance of polling day.


(4) The documents covered under Paragraph (1) shall be recorded in a separate register with a sequential number assigned thereto. The order of arrival of the documents shall determine the order of entry into the register of the municipal election commission.


(5) The municipal election commission shall conduct a check through the Ministry of Interior of the residence address declared by any candidate who is a national of another Member State of the European Union.


(6) A check of the circumstances referred to in Article 397 herein shall be conducted by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Justice at the request of the Central Election Commission.


(7) The municipal election commission shall forthwith transmit to the Central Election Commission an abstract of the register referred to in Paragraph (4) of candidates for municipal councillor who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union but are not Bulgarian nationals.