(1) The candidates shall be bound to ask the management of the public radio and television broadcasting services, until the date on which the electoral campaign begins, the allotment of air time. The requests exceeding this time limit shall not be taken into consideration.
(2) The candidates shall benefit from free access to the public and private broadcasting services. The private radio and television stations shall offer the candidates air time proportional to that granted by the public stations. The private radio and television stations which do not observe the provisions of this paragraph shall be sanctioned. The sanctions shall be established by decisions of the National Audiovisual Council.
(21) Political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and organisations of citizens belonging to the national minorities taking part in the elections shall benefit from air time, with private radio and television broadcasters, for payment.
(3) The introduction of electoral advertising in other shows than the electoral ones shall be forbidden.
(4) Within 10 days of the entry into force of the Government Decision on establishing the date of the elections, the National Audiovisual Council shall decide, by decision, the rules for conducting the electoral campaign for President through the services of audiovisual programs.
(5) The candidates may appoint their campaign coordinators at county level, for the districts of the Bucharest Municipality, and for abroad, and then they shall notify them to the Central Electoral Bureau and to the Permanent Electoral Authority within 48 hours at the most of the finalization of candidacies.
(6) The campaign coordinators of the candidates shall have the role of representing the candidates and of leading their electoral campaign where they have been appointed.
