Peculiarities of the creation and registration of electoral blocs of parties

(1) The electoral blocs of parties for all types of elections shall be registered by the Central Electoral Commission.

(2) In the case of Parliamentary, Presidential and Local Elections, the acts necessary to register the electoral blocs of parties shall be submit with the Central Electoral Com­mission no later than 30 days before the beginning of the candidates nomination period.

(3) Political parties may agree on the establishment of an electoral bloc of parties, recording their decision to participate in its establishment, approved in accordance with their statutes (regulations), in minutes.

(4) The electoral blocs of parties shall be created on the basis of the establishment agreement, approved by registered political parties that have decided to participate in the creation of an electoral bloc of parties, in the manner provided for by law, before the Elections date has been set.

(5) The agreement to establish the electoral bloc of parties shall include:

a) the constituent parts of the electoral bloc of parties;

b) the full name, abbreviated name of the block and, where appropriate, the electoral symbol in graphic format, together with its textual description;

c) the person/body having the right of representation and the contact details;

d) the manner of withdrawing of one of the parts from the electoral bloc of parties and/or association with another political party;

e) the procedure for nominating the candidate (candidates)/list (lists) of can­didates and the procedure for amending the list (lists) of candidates, where appropriate, the procedure for establishing the initiative group;

f) the manner and procedure for distributing the allocations from the State budget;

g) the manner of reimbursement of the credit requested and offered from the State budget for the conduct of the electoral campaign and of the expenses connected with the organisation and holding of elections in accordance with Articles 51 and 52;

h) the procedure for the liquidation (cessation of activity) of the electoral bloc of parties;

i) where applicable, documents drawn up in Art. 68 (1);

j) other provisions which do not contravene the rules of this Code.

(6) Within 5 days after the receipt of the acts, the Central Electoral Commission shall adopt a decision on the registration or refusal to register the electoral bloc of parties. In the event of refusal to register the electoral bloc of parties, the constituent political par­ties may nominate their candidates on their own

(7) Political parties which have established the electoral bloc of parties shall not be entitled to appoint the candidate (candidates)/list (lists) of candidates on their own.

(8) If, after the end of the period of nomination of candidates, in the composition of the bloc of parties, remains only one constituent party, the block is not considered as being automatically dissolved.