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Article 69
 

1. Under the terms outlined in the preceding articles, the right to use broadcasts on public and private radio and television stations, journalistic publications and public buildings or facilities will be granted free of charge.


2. The State, through the Home Office, will provide the radio and television stations with a compensation for duly proven usage of the broadcasts outlined in no. 2 of article 62, through the payment of a sum as indicated in tables to be ratified by the Deputy Minister up to 6 days before the opening of the electoral campaign.


3. The tables mentioned in the previous number will be established for television and for national radios by an arbitration commission comprised of one representative from the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Procedures (Secretariado Técnico dos Assuntos para o Processo Eleitoral), one from the Inspectorate-General of Treasury (Inspecção-Geral das Finanças), and one from each radio or television station, depending on the case.


4. The tables mentioned in the previous number will be established for the regional radios, by an arbitration commission comprised of one representative from the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Procedures (Secretariado Técnico dos Assuntos para o Processo Eleitoral), one from the Inspectorate-General of Treasury (Inspecção-Geral das Finanças), one from Radiodifusão Portuguesa, S.A., one from the Association of Radios of Christian Inspiration (ARIC) (Associação de Rádios de Inspiração Cristã) and one from the Portuguese Radio Association (APR) (Associação Portuguesa de Radiodifusão).


5. The proprietors of the entertainment venues or their managers, when drafting the declaration outlined in no. 1 of article 65 or when there has been any requisition as outlined in the same number, must indicate the price to be charged for its usage, which cannot be more than the net revenue corresponding to a quarter of the full capacity of the respective hall during a normal show.


6. The price mentioned in the previous number and other usage conditions shall be the same for all the candidatures.