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Section 174
 

Candidate application of a constituency association 


The following shall be appended to the candidate application of a constituency association:


1)  a proposal for the list of candidates of the constituency association containing information on the candidate as referred to in section 172, subsection 1, paragraph 1;


2)  a document signed by the candidate including the candidate's personal identity code and stating that he or she consents to stand as a candidate for the constituency association that has nominated him or her and that he or she consents to assume the responsibilities of a Member of the European Parliament, as well as containing an affirmation that the candidate has not agreed to stand as a candidate for any party in the same elections;


3)  an affirmation where the candidate who is a citizen of another Member State of the European Union confirms that he or she has not agreed to stand as a candidate in another Member State in the same elections or lost his or her candidate eligibility in the elections to the European Parliament in his or her home state, as well as a notification stating the citizenship of the candidate, the electoral district or municipality in the candidate's home state in which he or she most recently was entered in the electoral roll for the elections to the European Parliament, and his or her most recent address in the home state;


4)  the charter of the constituency association.


The polling representative of the constituency association shall date and sign the candidate application, enter his or her personal identity code in the application and affirm that the candidate is eligible and that the members of the constituency association have personally signed the charter.