(1) During the electoral campaign, the candidates, political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities and the citizens holding the right to vote shall be entitled to freely express their opinions, free from any discrimination, at rallies and gatherings, through direct communication with the voters, on TV, on the radio, in the printed or electronic media, and in all the other mass media.

(2) During the electoral campaign, only certain types of electoral propaganda materials may be employed, as follows:

a) electoral posters with one side having a maximum length of 500 mm and the other side having a maximum length of 350 mm; the electoral posters convening an electoral meeting shall have 400 mm on one side and 250 mm on the other side and shall be placed in the posting locations specifically indicated;

b) audio or video propaganda materials broadcast by the audiovisual media;

c) advertising in the printed media;

d) online electoral propaganda materials;

e) brochures, leaflets and other printed materials.

(3) Political parties and alliances, as well as the independent candidates who ordered the electoral propaganda materials provided for in paragraph (2) points

a), c) and e) shall print thereon the following details:

a) the independent candidate’s name, the name of the political party, of the electoral alliance or political alliance of which it forms part, as appropriate;

b) the name of the economic operator who made them;

c) the unique identification code provided for in Article 34 paragraph (13);

d) the print run, for the materials provided for in paragraph (2) points a) and e).

(31) Before broadcasting the electoral propaganda materials referred to in paragraph (2) point b), the audiovisual media shall be required to communicate the data provided for in paragraph (3) points a), b) and c).

(32) Within 30 days from the electoral campaign closing date, the electoral competitors shall be required to transmit to the Permanent Electoral Authority a statement containing information on the description of the online electoral propaganda materials, the production, period and dissemination area thereof.

(4) The expenses related to the creation of electoral propaganda materials shall be exclusively borne by their beneficiaries: independent candidates, political parties or political alliances.

(5) The production and dissemination of electoral propaganda materials in other conditions than those provided by this law is prohibited.

(6) Political parties and alliances, as well as the independent candidates, shall be required to declare to the Permanent Electoral Authority, through the financial mandatary, the number of electoral propaganda materials produced and used, broken down into categories, no later than 15 days from the date of the elections or of the referendum.

(7) Any written, audio or video material that fulfils the following conditions shall be deemed to be an electoral propaganda material:

a) it directly concerns a candidate or a political party who participates in the elections or in the referendum, clearly identified;

b) it is used during the electoral campaign period, as laid down in the laws on the organisation of the elections;

c) serves an electoral purpose and is intended for the general public;

d) goes beyond the limits of a journalistic activity of public information.