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Article 13
 

13.-(1) No approval can be granted to a new party name which is used by a party entitled to nomination or has been approved for a new party by the Minister for the Interior, cf. section 12(2);

is used by a Danish party entitled to participate in elections for the European Parliament or has been approved for a new party by the Minister for the Interior under the act on the Election of Danish Representatives to the European Parliament; or,

 may cause confusion of the party with one of the parties referred to in Nos. i) and ii), or in subsection (2).

(2) The name of a party having participated in the last general election without obtaining representation can be approved only for the appropriate party. Similar conditions apply to the name of a Danish party having participated in the last election of the European Parliament without obtaining representation.

(3) Party names which are approved by the Minister for the Interior in connection with approvals of forms, cf. section 12(2), shall be recorded in a register to be kept by the Minister for the Interior.