(1) Any person who is entitled to vote under section 3, see sections 3a and 3b, and who fulfils the franchise conditions at least seven weeks before election day, except for the condition as to age, but see subsections (2) and (3), is eligible for the European Parliament.

(2) Any person who has been punished for an act which by general standards makes that person unworthy of being a member of the European Parliament is not eligible, see section 37(3).

(3) Any person who is entitled to vote under section 3(1)(iii) but who, through an individual judicial decision or an administrative decision provided that the latter can be subject to judicial remedies, has been deprived of his eligibility for the European Parliament in the member state of which he is a national, is not eligible, see section 37(3).

(4) Any person may however always stand for an election despite any disqualifying claim pursuant to subsections (2) or (3).