Free-of-Charge Spots and Addresses

(1) The election campaign on the channels of the Bulgarian National Television and the Bulgarian National Radio shall be launched and closed with spots of the parties, coalitions and the nomination committees with a duration of up to 40 seconds, which shall be broadcast free of charge.
(2) In case of elections for a President and a Vice President of the Republic, the election campaign on the channels of the Bulgarian National Television and the Bulgarian National Radio shall be launched and closed with addresses of the candidate pairs with a duration of up to three minutes per pair, which shall be broadcast free of charge.
(3) In the event of a runoff in new elections for President and a Vice President of the Republic in the cases of Art. 93, Para. 4 of the Constitution, the candidates shall have the right to make public addresses on the channels of the Bulgarian National Television and the Bulgarian National Radio on the last day of the election campaign between the two rounds with a duration of 10 minutes, where the order of appearance of the candidates shall be determined by drawing lots according to a procedure established by the Central Election Commission. The addresses shall be free of charge.
(4) The time slots for broadcasting the spots shall be agreed upon by the Director General of the Bulgarian National Television, respectively of the Bulgarian National Radio, and authorized representatives of the parties, coalitions and nomination committees.