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Article 39
 

(1) The mayors shall have the obligation, after the expiry of the time limit for submitting the candidatures, but until the beginning of the electoral campaign, to set and ensure by disposition special places for the electoral posters, taking into account the number of electoral competitors participating in the elections. The mayor’s disposition shall be made public by posters displayed at the seat of the mayoralty.


(2) The special places for posting up must be set in public places frequently visited by citizens, so that the electoral competitors may use them without disturbing the traffic on public roads and the other activities in the respective localities. Beforehand, the mayors shall have the obligation to ensure that any materials of electoral propaganda remained from the previous electoral campaigns are removed from the public space.


(3) The use of special places for electoral advertisement shall only be allowed for the political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, the independent candidates participating in the elections under the terms of the present title.


(4) The political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities participating in the elections under the present title, or the independent candidate shall not be allowed to use special places for electoral posters in a manner impending the use of such places by another political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities participating in the elections, or another independent candidate.


(5) In other places than the ones set according to paragraph (2), the display of electoral posters shall only be allowed with the consent of the owners or, as appropriate, of the holders.


(6) Each political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities participating in the elections under the present title, or independent candidate may post up a single electoral poster on an electoral panel. An electoral poster displayed in the places provided for in paragraph (1) may not exceed the sizes of 500 mm x 300 mm, and the one by which an electoral meeting is convened, 400 x 250.


(7) The electoral posters that combine the colours in a succession reproducing the flag of Romania or of another state shall be forbidden.


(8) The police, including the military police, shall have the obligation to ensure the integrity of the panels and the electoral posters.