(1) After the expiry of the time limit for the filing of candidature applications, but before the beginning of the electoral campaign, the mayors are bound to set by order, special places for electoral billboarding where electoral billboards shall be installed, according to the number of political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof which participate in the elections, as well as of independent candidates. Within the same interval, the mayor’s order shall be made public by posting it at the town hall’s premises.
(2) The special places for electoral billboards shall be set in public places convenient to the citizens, so that the participants in the elections may visit them frequently without hindering the traffic on public roads or the activities in the localities in question. Previously, the mayors shall be bound to remove from the public space any material of electoral propaganda left from the former electoral campaigns.
(3) Such special places for electoral billboards shall be used only by thepolitical parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof which participate in the elections, as well as by the independent candidates.
(4) The use of the special places for electoral billboards by the political party,the political alliance, the electoral alliance, the organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities which participate in the elections or the independent candidate in order to prevent another political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities which participate in the elections, or another independent candidate from using them shall be forbidden.
(5) The electoral billboarding shall be allowed in other places than thoseprovided for in paragraph (2) only by written consent of their owners or, where appropriate, of their holders, and only by taking the measures required by the legislation in force to ensure the citizens’ safety.
(6) Each political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisationof citizens belonging to national minorities which participate in the elections according to this law, or independent candidate shall be allowed to post a single electoral poster on an electoral billboard. An electoral poster put in the places provided for in paragraph (1) may not exceed 500 mm on one side, and 300 mm on the other, and the one convening an electoral reunion, 400 mm on one side, and 250 mm on the other.
(7) There shall be forbidden the electoral posters which mix the colours ina sequence which reproduces Romania’s or other state’s flag.
(8) There shall be forbidden the advertising on electoral purpose on the wallsor piers of bridges, tunnels, viaducts, on traffic signs, road maps, as well as on electronic traffic indicators.
(9) The activities of electoral propaganda shall not affect in any way thegardens, natural reserves, and protected environmental areas.
(10) There shall be forbidden to involve minors less than 16 years of agein the distribution or placement of electoral material of propaganda.
(11) After the closing of the electoral campaign, there shall be forbidden the broadcasting of electoral messages in audio, video, or mixed format on digital screens installed in public or private areas, or by means of specially equipped vehicles.
(12) The mayor, supported by public order authorities, shall be bound toensure the integrity of the billboards, electoral posters, and of other material of electoral propaganda displayed in authorised places.
(13) The local councils may approve the installation of temporary enclosures on the public property by the candidates, political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances aiming to the distribution of material of electoral propaganda if their location does not cause road or pedestrian traffic restrictions.
(14) The electoral campaign may be carried out in a state other than Romania only with the observance of the legislation in force of the state in question.