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Article 40
 

(1) The candidates shall have the obligation to ask the management of the public radio and television services, until the date on which the electoral campaign begins, the granting of the air time. The requests exceeding this time limit shall not be taken into consideration.


(2) The candidates shall benefit from free access to the public and private radio and television services. The private radio and television stations shall offer the candidates air time proportional to that practiced by the public stations. The private radio and television stations which do not observe the provisions of this paragraph shall be sanctioned. The sanctions shall be established by decisions of the National Audiovisual Council.


(3) There shall be forbidden the introduction of electoral spots in other shows than the electoral ones.


(4) Within 10 days of the entry into force of the Government Decision on setting the election day, the National Audiovisual Council shall establish, by decision, the rules for conducting the electoral campaign for President through the audiovisual program services.


(5) The candidates may designate their campaign coordinators at county, district of Bucharest Municipality level, and for abroad, and then they shall notify them to the Central Electoral Bureau and to the Permanent Electoral Authority within 48 hours at most of the finalization of candidacies.


(6) The campaign coordinators of the candidates shall have the role of representing the candidates and of leading their electoral campaign, there where they have been designated.