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Section 147
 

(1) During the campaign period before the general election, media service providers with linear national-level media services that are not covered by the provisions of section 147/A to 147/E shall communicate to the National Election Commission their intention to broadcast political advertisements, specifying their linear national-level media service or services that they intend to use for broadcasting political advertisements, not later than on the fiftieth day before voting day. If a media service provider does not communicate such an intention within the time limit, broadcasting political advertisements shall not be allowed. The National Election Office shall publish on the official election website the media service providers which communicated their intention and the media services as well as the length of broadcast time.


(2) With the exception of section 147/A (3), the provisions of sections 147/A to 147/E shall apply accordingly to broadcasting political advertisements, with the proviso that at the general election of the Members of the National Assembly, the election of the Members of the European Parliament and the election of local government representatives and mayors


a) the media service provider shall determine the length of time for broadcasting political advertisements for each media service; however, this time shall not be less than half of the time determined for the public media service provider,


b) when communicating its intention according to paragraph (1), the media provider shall indicate also the length of time according to point a),


c) if the length of time according to point a) is different from the time determined for the public media service provider, the National Election Commission shall proportionally lower or increase the time available for the individual nominating organisations.


(3) During an election campaign period, media service providers providing linear media services that are available on internet may broadcast political advertisements taking into account the rules of this section, while media service providers providing media services with local and district broadcast coverage may do so taking into account the rules of section 147.