Procedure for Using Printed Mass Media

1. A candidate or party (party organization) that are electoral subjects shall have the right to publish, at the expense of resources of their own electoral funds, election campaign materials in printed mass media.

2. Election campaign materials indicated in Part one of this Article shall be published based on a contract which shall be concluded between an administrator of a candidate/ party (party’s organization) electoral fund bank account and the editorial staffs of the printed mass media outlet. It shall be prohibited for a printed mass media outlet to publish such materials without having concluded such a contract and without receipt of funds in the bank account of a printed mass media outlet.

3. Upon receipt of inquiries in writing from the Central Election Commission, or the Territorial Election Commission, the editorial staffs of printed mass media outlets shall submit all information on the use of printed space for placing election campaign materials of candidates or parties (party organizations) and, if required, provide copies of the respective contracts, payment documents and respective publications.

4. Printed mass media who intend to provide placement of campaign materials shall publish, not later than on the third day following the commencement of the election process of the respective election, their prices per unit of printed space. Nationwide printed mass media shall publish that information in the newspapers Holos Ukrainy and Uriadovyy Courier; regional and local ones, in the respective printed mass media.

In case of failure to publish the prices of the cost of printed space within the specified period, the placement of campaign materials in the relevant printed mass media is prohibited.