(1) During the election campaign, in the first and second round of voting, the broadcasters covering elections may broadcast a total of 18 minutes of additional air time for advertising to every hour of real-time broadcasted programme, exclusively aimed for paid political advertising, of which for the ruling political parties may be allotted maximum of 8 minutes, for the political parties in opposition maximum of 8 minutes, for the political parties in the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia who do not have a parliamentary group may be allotted one minute of air time, and for the political parties which are not represented in the Parliament of Republic of Macedonia may be allotted one minute of air time.

(2) In the allocation of the additional air time for advertising in one hour of real-time broadcasted programme for paid political advertising, and when there is interest for merging of slots by one political party into two subsequent real-time hours, the media outlet is required to ensure a guarantee that the merging of slots into two subsequent hours, twice in a row, shall not be done by the same political party and shall provide guarantee for an alternating representation of the ruling and the opposition political parties.

(3) The broadcasters, the printed media and the electronic media (internet portals) are required, within 5 days of the day of calling elections, to establish pricelists for paid political advertising of the participants in the electoral process.

(4) In the period between establishing the pricelists until the start of the election campaign the broadcasters, the printed media and the electronic media (internet portals) are required to, at least twice, publicize the pricelists of paragraph (3) of this Article in their programmes or printed editions.

(5) The printed media and the electronic media (internet portals) are required to submit the pricelists of paragraph (3) of this Article to the State Election Commission, State Audit Office and State Commission for Prevention of Corruption within 5 days of the day of announcement of elections, and the broadcasters to submit them to the Agency for Audio and Audio Visual Media Services, State Election Commission, State Audit Office and the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption, within 5 days of the day of calling elections.

(6) The pricelists must not be subject to change during the election campaign.

(7) The broadcasters, the printed media and the electronic media (internet portals) are required to use regular pricelist for paid political advertising during the election campaign, whereby the price per second for paid political advertising should not exceed the average advertising price, as calculated in the 3 months preceding the day of calling elections.

(8) The broadcasters, the printed media and the electronic media (internet portals) in the Republic of Macedonia are required to provide equitable access to paid political advertising to all participants in the electoral process."