Conditions for Registration of MP Candidates in the Nationwide Election District

1. The Central Election Commission shall register the MP candidates included in a party’s electoral list upon receipt of the following documents: 1) an application for registration of the MP candidates, signed by the head of the party and affixed with the party’s seal; 2) copies of the party’s registration certificate and charter, which shall be certified without charge by the central executive body responsible for implementation of the state policy in the sphere of registration (legalization) of citizens’ associations after the announcement of the start of the election process; {Clause 2 Part 1 Article 54 as amended pursuant to the Law № 5463-VI dd. 16.10.2012} 3) a decision of the party’s highest governing body, adopted in accordance with the party’s charter, on the nomination of MP candidates, which shall include information on the persons nominated as MP candidates, with indication of their last name, first name, patronymic, and be certified by the signature of the party’s head and affixed with the party’s seal; 4) paper and electronic copies of the party’s list of MP candidates, in the form approved by the Central Election Commission, which shall include information on the persons nominated as MP candidates (last name, first name (all first names), and patronymic (if any), date, month, and year of birth, citizenship with indication of the time of residence in the territory of Ukraine, information on educational attainment, position (occupation), place of employment, place of residence, party membership, existence or absence of criminal record) and be certified by the signature of the party’s head and affixed with the party’s seal; 5) statements of the persons included in the party’s electoral list expressing consent to be nominated as that party’s MP candidate (signed by the MP candidate in question), with acknowledgement of the obligation to terminate any activities or lay down any representative mandate which are incompatible with the mandate of an MP of Ukraine under the Constitution and the Laws of Ukraine; consent to the publication of his or her biographical information in connection with participation in the election; and acknowledgement of the obligation, in the event of being elected as an MP, to transfer, within one month from the day of the official promulgation of the election results, to another person, pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the law, the management of enterprises and corporate rights owned by the MP candidate (or indicating absence thereof); 6) paper and electronic copies of the autobiographies of the persons included in the party’s electoral list, which shall necessarily contain: last name, first name (all first names), and patronymic (if any), date, month, year, and place of birth, citizenship with indication of the time CDL-REF(2016)040 of residence in the territory of Ukraine, information on educational attainment, work activities, position (occupation), place of employment, civic activities (including in elected positions), party membership, family members, address of residence, contact telephone number, and information on existence or absence of criminal record; 7) a statement of property, income, expenditures, and financial liabilities of each MP candidate, prepared in accordance with Article 57 of this Law; 8) a document certifying that a financial deposit has been made in accordance with Article 56 of this Law; 9) 4 photographs on paper, sized 4x6 cm, and in an electronic format, of each of the MP candidates included in the party’s electoral list; 10) photocopies of the first and second pages of each of the candidates’ passport of citizen of Ukraine.

2. In addition to the documents provided for in Part 1 of this Article, a party shall submit to the Central Election Commission a paper copy of the party’s election program, certified by the signature of the party’s head and affixed with the party’s seal, prepared in the state language, and an electronic copy thereof, which shall be made public on the official website of the Central Election Commission. Should the Central Election Commission discover any discrepancies between the paper and electronic copies of the electoral list of MP candidates from the party, the paper document shall prevail.

3. The Central Election Commission shall provide the person who submitted the documents provided for by Part 1 of this Article with a certificate confirming the receipt of such documents. The certificate of receipt shall contain a list of the documents received, the day, month and year, as well as time of their receipt, and the position and last name of the person who received the documents.

4. The Central Election Commission shall not accept documents specified in Part 1 of this Article if they are submitted after expiry of the deadline specified in Part 2 Article 58 of this Law.