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Article 180
 

Information about the Contracts Concluded


(1) (suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The providers of media services shall announce on their web sites information about the contracts, including gratuitous contracts, concluded with the parties, coalitions and nomination committees that have registered candidates and/or with another contracting authority in connection with the election campaign, if the contract has been concluded with an intermediary.
(2) (suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The information on the contracts for valuable or gratuitous consideration referred to in Para. 1 and announced by the electronic media shall contain details about:


1. the party, coalition or nomination committee;
2. the subject of the contract;
3. the term of the contract;
4. the channel where the contracted forms will be broadcast;
5. (suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) the total value in BGN net of VAT for the contracts for valuable consideration.


(3) (amend. and suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The information on the contracts for valuable and gratuitous consideration referred to in Para. 1 and announced by the print media (newspapers, magazines and other periodicals) and online news services (electronic editions of ewspapers, magazines, information agencies and other electronic editions) shall contain details about:


1. the party, coalition or nomination committee;
2. the subject of the contract;
3. the term of the contract;
4. the print media and the online news services where the contracted forms will be disseminated;
5. (suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) the total value in BGN net of VAT for the contracts for valuable consideration.


(4) The information referred to in Para. 2 and 3 shall be uploaded on the web sites of the providers of media services within three days after the signing of the respective contract and shall not be removed not earlier than the announcement of the election results.