Accession of Substitutes

(1) If during the electoral term, a mandate is left vacant in the European Parliament, a substitute of the same political party or coalition shall fill the vacancy according to the order, in which they were provided in the list of candidates. If preferential votes have been applied in the ballot paper, the vacancy shall be filled by the candidate, who has obtained the necessary number of preferential votes pursuant to Article 94 (5).

(2) If there is no substitute of the same political party or coalition, the mandate shall remain vacant until the end of the electoral term.

(3) If the political party has been dissolved, the vacancy shall not be filled by any substitute and the mandate shall remain vacant until the end of the electoral term.

(4) The State Commission shall announce the accession of the substitute within 15 days from the delivery of notice of the European Parliament on a vacant mandate to the National Council of the Slovak Republic. It shall hand over a certificate to the substitute showing the date, on which the substitute became Member of the European Parliament. The State Commission shall announce the accession of the substitute to the National Council of the Slovak Republic without undue delay.

(5) The National Council of the Slovak Republic shall inform the European Parliament on the accession of the substitute within 15 days from the delivery of notice of the State Commission.