- (1) During the electoral period, the public opinion polls with electoral contents shall be accompanied by the following information:

a) the name of the institution who made the poll;

b) the date and time interval when the poll was made and the methodology thereof;

c) the size of the population sample and the maximum margin of error;

d) who ordered the poll and who paid for the poll.

(2) Tele-voting and street surveys of the electorate shall not be presented as representative for the public opinion or for a certain social or ethnic group.

(3) Within 48 hours prior to the reference date, the presentation of public opinion polls, Tele-voting or street surveys are forbidden.

(4) Either the poll institutes, the public companies, or the nongovernmental organisations that have as an activity object the opinion polls, and are authorized by the decision of the Central Electoral Bureau are entitled to make such exit polls. On the basis of the authorization of the institution they work for, the access of the poll operators thereof shall be allowed in the protection zone of the polling station, stipulated in Article 193 (6), but it will be restricted within the premises of the polling station.

(5) On the voting day, the presentation of exit polls before the closing of poll is forbidden.*

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* Introduced by G.E.O. no. 11/2009.