Electoral campaign coverage in local elections

(added by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012)

1. In elections for local government bodies, political parties registered as electoral subjects shall have the right to ask the CEC to approve by decision the ratios of the airtime allotted to the respective electoral subject in accordance with Articles 80, 81, and 84 of this Code, according to the proposal of the subject itself. The party shall have the right to determine the time ratios allotted for covering the campaign for the councils and the campaign of its candidates for mayors of local government units. The respective request shall be filed with the CEC no later than 15 days before the beginning of the electoral campaign.

2. The CEC shall publish the time allocation for each electoral subject on its official website. These time allocations shall be applied by the radio-television operators no later than 10 days before the beginning of the electoral campaign.