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Article 11
 

The following documents shall be attached to each list of candidates:


1) a statement signed by each candidate nominated on the list of candidates certifying his/her consent to the nomination and the processing of his/her personal data to be performed in accordance with the provisions of this Law;


2) the campaign platform not exceeding 4,000 characters signed by all the candidates on the list of candidates;


3) a declaration signed by each candidate on the list of candidates stating that the candidate is eligible according to Article 4 of this Law and that the restrictions stated in Article 5 of this Law do not apply to him/her;


31) a statement signed by each candidate on the list of candidates attesting to his/her proficiency in the official language on a level appropriate for fulfilment of professional duties;


4) the following data concerning the candidate as confirmed by his/her signature:


a) full name, year of birth, gender, and, if the candidate wishes to declare them, his/her nationality and family status;


b) ID number;


c) foreign citizenship (nationality), if any;


d) place of residence (city or municipality);


e) places of employment and positions (including positions in political parties, religious organisations, trade unions, associations and foundations) or if not employed by an employer, nature of work performed and status;


f) completed education (name of institution, year of graduation, educational level achieved or degree earned, area of specialisation);


g) (Deleted with the 6 February 2014 Law);


h) information as to whether the person has or has not collaborated with the USSR’s, the Latvian SSR’s or another country’s state security, intelligence or counterintelligence services on a contractual basis as an agent or a resident officer or owner of an apartment used for clandestine activities;


i) information specified in Article 24, Paragraph one, Clause 4, 5, 51, 6, 7, 10 and 11 of the Law On Prevention of Conflict of Interest in Activities of Public Officials as of 1 January of the year of submission of the list of candidates. Candidates, which have submitted a Declaration of Public Official in the year of submission of the list of candidates, may use the information about themselves from the information systems of the State Revenue Service available in the application software of the Central Election Commission. The State Revenue Service shall ensure that information from the information systems of the State Revenue Service specified in the first sentence of this point is available in the application software of the Central Election Commission.


j) (Deleted by the 9 March 2006 Law);


5) (Deleted by the 9 May 2002 Law).


(As amended by the 26 March 1998 Law, the 9 May 2002 Law, the 30 March 2002 Law, the 9 March 2006 Law, the 31 May 2007 Law, the 26 February 2009 Law, 12 September 2013 Law, the 6 February 2014 Law and the 18 January 2018 Law)