Documents and Registration Term

(1) The registration of the candidate lists shall be effected by the Central Election Commission upon presentation of:

1. a proposal by the political party concerned, the coalition of parties concerned, stating the names, the Uniform Civil Number and the permanent address (residence address) of the candidates; any such proposal shall be signed by the persons representing the political party or the coalition of parties, or by persons expressly authorized thereby;


2. a proposal by the nomination committee, stating the names, the Uniform Civil Number and the permanent address (residence address) of the candidate; any such proposal shall be signed by the person representing the nomination committee;


3. (amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) an application-declaration according to a form by each one of the candidates of his consent to be registered by the nominating political party, coalitions of parties or nomination committee and that he satisfies the conditions referred to in Art. 351,


4. (revoked - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016)


5. (revoked - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016)


6. any candidate, who is a citizen of a Member State of the European Union and is not a Bulgarian citizen, shall present a completed model declaration, declaring thereby:

a) citizenship, date and place of birth;

b) residence address in the Republic of Bulgaria;

c) that the person is not interdicted;

d) that the person is not standing as a candidate in the same election to the European Parliament in any other Member State of the European Union;

e) the settlement or the constituency in the Member State of which the person is a citizen, on the electoral roll of which the name thereof was last entered;

f) the address in the Member State of citizenship, where last registered;

g) identity card or passport data and personal number;

h) that the person has not been deprived of the right to be elected in the Member State of citizenship by an act that have been subject to judicial review;

(2) The registration of the candidate lists shall be effected not later than 32 days in advance of election day.

(3) The documents covered under Para. 1 shall be recorded in a separate register with a sequential number assigned thereto. The order of arrival of the documents shall determine the order of entry in the register of the Central Election Commission.

(4) The Central Election Commission shall transmit an abstract of the register referred to in Para. 3 of candidates for Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria who are citizens of a Member State of the European Union but are not Bulgarian citizens to the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union. In case the competent authority of the respective Member State of the European Union does not send a reply within 5 business days following the receipt of the abstract of the register referred to in Para. 3, the Central Election Commission shall register the candidate if in conformity with the provisions of Art. 351, Para. 2 and if the respective documents referred to in Para. 1 have been presented.

(5) At the request of the Central Election Commission, a check of the circumstances referred to in Art. 351 shall be conducted by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Justice.