Principle of publicity

1. The activities carried out and decisions taken by electoral committees in the run-up to and during the elections shall be public, without prejudice to the protection of personal data of applicants who are not involved in the electoral process and who are not public persons.

2. Representatives for elections and election observers may observe the meetings of the electoral committees upon presentation of certificates in the prescribed format or on the mandate of the political organisations in charge of authorising representatives for elections and election observers. Media representatives may observe meetings of the electoral committees upon presentation of an official identification document or a staff ID card. Attendance of any meeting of an electoral committee shall be open to any candidate, political organisation or their representatives provided the meeting concerns their activities or circumstances that affect them directly, or provided they are invited to the meeting by the chair of the electoral committee or commission.

3. The notification on the meeting of an electoral committee shall be published on the website of the Central Electoral Commission under the procedure set out thereby; members of the electoral committees shall be notified of the meeting under the procedure set out by the Central Electoral Commission.

4. Persons present in the meeting room of an electoral committee, as long as they remain seated, are free to record, write down in shorthand or take down everything that is said at the meeting as well as photograph, film or make video recordings of the meeting. Taking photographs, filming, or making video recordings as well as live radio-broadcasting, televising or webcasting
of meetings that requires walking around the premises or using special lighting equipment shall be subject to permission of the chair of the electoral committee.

5. Electoral committees may not hold in camera meetings.