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Article 117
 

Members of the Community and Regional Parliaments are elected for a period of five years. The Community and Regional Parliaments are re-elected as a whole every five years.
Elections for the Community and Regional Parliaments take place on the same day and coincide with elections for the European Parliament.
In execution of a law as described in Article 118, § 2, fourth sub-para-graph, a federate law or a rule referred to in Article 134, passed in accordance with Article 118, § 2, fourth sub-paragraph, may derogate from the first and second paragraphs.