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Article 55
 

Rules of the Use of the Printed Mass Media

1. Parties (blocs) shall have the right, at the expense and within the limits of funds which are allocated from the national budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, to publicize their pre-election programs as submitted at the moment of registration of their candidates for deputy, through “Holos Ukrayiny” and “Uryadovy Kouryer” dailies, the printing patterns of all such publications to be the same and each material to contain not more than seven thousand eight hundred symbols. The agreement on publication of the said materials with the editorial boards of the mentioned above newspapers shall be concluded by the Central Electoral Commission.

 

2. Candidates for deputy registered in single-mandate electoral constituencies shall have the right, at the expense and within the limits of funds which are allocated from the national budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, to publicize their pre-election programs as submitted at the moment of registration through state-owned or communal printed mass media, the printing patterns of all such publications to be the same. The agreements on publication of the said materials with editorial boards of the said media shall be concluded by the respective constituency electoral commissions.

 

3. The order of publishing of pre-election programs at the expense of funds which are allocated from the national budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections shall be established by the Central Electoral Commission and by constituency electoral commissions by lot drawing with the participation of authorized persons of parties (blocs), candidates for deputy registered in single-mandate electoral constituencies, or authorized persons thereof.

 

4. The outcomes of lot drawing as to the order of publication of pre-election programs of parties (blocs) shall be publicized through “Holos Ukrayiny” and “Uryadovy Kouryer” dailies, and such outcomes as to the order of publication of pre-election programs of candidates for deputy in single-mandate electoral constituencies by the respective constituency electoral commissions – through local state-owned or communal newspapers, within 3 days as of being approved.

 

5. Any party (bloc) or candidate for deputy registered in a single-mandate electoral constituency shall have the right to publicize, at the expense of own electoral funds, pre-election publicity materials in the printed mass media of any form of ownership.

 

6. Pre-election publicity materials mentioned above in p. 5 of this Article shall be published in accordance with agreements concluded by authorized persons of parties (blocs)s or by candidates for deputy registered in single-mandate electoral constituencies with editorial boards of the printed mass media. No such materials shall be published without relevant agreements and transfers of funds onto accounts of the respective printed mass media.

 

7. Editorial boards of the printed mass media of any form of ownership, if accordingly requested by the Central Electoral Commission or constituency electoral commissions, shall be obligated to furnish information as to the use of printing areas for the publishing of pre-election publicity campaign materials of parties (blocs) and, if necessary, to also provide copies of relevant agreements, settlement documents and copies of the requested publications.