Procedure for Using Printed Mass Media

1. A party that has registered MP candidates in the nationwide district shall have the right to publish, at the expense and within the limits of the funds of the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for the preparation and holding of the election, in a printed format common to all of the parties, in the newspapers Holos Ukrainy and Uriadovyi Courier, as well as in one of the regional (local) state-owned or municipal printed mass media of each of the regions, its election program containing no more than seven thousand eight hundred printed characters. An MP candidate registered in a single-member district shall have the right to publish, at the expense and within the limits of the funds of the State Budget of Ukraine allocated for the preparation and holding of the election, in a printed format common to all of the MP candidates, in one of the regional (local) state-owned or municipal printed mass media, his or her election program containing no more than three thousand nine hundred printed characters. Agreements with the editorial staffs of the above mass media organizations on the publication of the aforementioned materials shall be concluded, accordingly, by the Central Election Commission or the district election commission in the respective region identified as provided for in Part 6 Article 72 of this Law. {Paragraph 2 Part 1 Article 73 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

2. The editorial staffs of the newspapers Holos Ukrainy and Uriadovyi Courier, as well as the editorial staffs of the regional state-owned printed mass media with which agreements have been concluded on the publication of the election programs of the parties that are electoral subjects and of the MP candidates registered in a single-mandate district, shall print the election programs of the electoral subjects in the separate special issues of the respective outlets not later than forty five days before the election day. The sequence of publication by the outlet of election programs of the parties that are electoral subjects and of the MP candidates registered in a single-mandate district shall be determined in accordance with the sequence of their registration by the Central Election Commission.

{Part 2 Article 73 in the wording of the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

{Part 3 Article 73 was eliminated pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

{Part 4 Article 73 was eliminated pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

5. Printed mass media of all forms of ownership shall publish, not later than ninety days prior to the day of voting, their prices per unit of printed space. Nationwide printed mass media shall publish that information in the newspapers Holos Ukrainy and Uriadovyi Courier; regional and local ones, in the respective regional and local state-owned or municipal printed mass media.

6. A party that have registered MP candidates in the nationwide election district, an MP candidate in a single-mandate election district may publish, at the expense of resources of their electoral funds, election campaigning materials in printed mass media of any forms of ownership published in Ukraine, except for mass media specified in Part 19 Article 74 of this Law.

{Part 6 Article 73 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

7. Election campaign materials specified in Part 6 of this Article shall be published on the basis of an agreement concluded on behalf of a party that has registered MP candidates in the nationwide district, or an MP candidate in a single-mandate election district, between the manager of the current account of the respective electoral fund of the party or the MP candidate and the editorial board (publisher) of a printed media organization. Unless such an agreement is concluded and the fee for the publishing is paid to the account of the editorial board (publisher) of the printed media organization, publication of such materials shall be prohibited. This requirement shall not apply to media organizations the founder (owner) of which is a party that has registered MP candidates in the nationwide election district or an MP candidate in a singlemandate election district, as regards their own election campaigning.

8. Upon receipt of an inquiry in writing from the Central Election Commission or district election commissions, the editorial boards (publishers) of printed media organizations of all forms of ownership shall submit all information on the use of printed space for placing campaign materials and, if necessary, send them copies of respective agreements, payment documents, as well as the respective publications.