(1) When requesting recommendation sheets, the candidate shall make a statement that

a) he is willing to undertake to represent the national minority, and

b) he speaks the language of the national minority community and is familiar with its culture and traditions.

(2) The election office shall verify in the register of candidates that the candidate did not stand for election as a candidate for another national minority in the last two general elections of national minority self-government representatives and in the subsequent by-elections.

(3) The recommendation sheets shall also contain a reference to the national minority.

(4) The election office shall transmit, free of charge, to the nominating organisation the name, address, age and sex of voters who are recorded in the central electoral register as voters of the national minority concerned

a) at the time of handing over the recommendation sheets,

b) at the request of the nominating organisation on the thirty-eighth and thirteenth day before voting day, with the exception of data of voters who prohibited the release of their data under section 89 (1).

(5) Data provided pursuant to paragraph (4) a) shall only be used for gathering recommendations, and data provided pursuant to paragraph (4) b) shall only be used for direct political campaigning. The provisions of section 155 and section 218 (2) d) shall also apply to processing the data provided.