Coalitions for electoral purposes

1 - Coalitions of parties for electoral purposes must be noted by the Constitutional Court, must be communicated to that Court by the time at which nominations are effectively submitted, in a document that is jointly signed by the competent organs of the respective parties, with a list of their names, initials and symbols, and must be announced in two of the most widely read daily newspapers within the same time limit.
2 - Coalitions cease to exist as soon as the definitive result of the elections is made public, but may turn themselves into coalitions of political parties under the terms and for the purposes of the provisions of Article 12 of Executive Law no. 595/74 of 7 November 1974.
3 - The provisions of Article 12(3) of Executive Law no. 595/74 of 7 November 1974 are applicable to coalitions of parties for electoral purposes.