• 1. A political grouping that is an association with full legal capacity may submit a written request to the central electoral committee for the election of members of the House of Representatives to enter the designation with which it wishes to be listed on the candidate list for that election in a register maintained by the central electoral committee. Requests received or supplemented as referred to in Article 4:5, paragraph 1, of the General Administrative Law Act after the forty-second day before the nomination will not be considered for the subsequent election.

• 2. For the registration referred to in the first paragraph, a deposit of €450 or, if it concerns a group that, according to its articles of association, has its registered office in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, or Saba, a deposit of USD 450 must be paid to the State. The person who made the payment will receive proof thereof. Upon submission of a valid list of candidates for the next election following the decision on the request, the deposit will be returned to them.

• 3. The following must be submitted with the request:

o a. a copy of the notarial deed containing the association's articles of association;

o b. the proof of payment referred to in the second paragraph;

o c. a declaration from the political grouping, designating its representative and deputy representative at the central electoral committee, which is valid as long as it has not been replaced by another.

• 4. The central electoral committee will only reject the request if:

o a. the designation is contrary to public order;

o b. the designation wholly or substantially corresponds to an already registered designation of another political grouping, or to a designation for which a registration request has already been received pursuant to this article, and there is a risk of confusion as a result;

o c. the designation is otherwise misleading to voters;

o d. the designation contains more than 35 letters or other characters;

o e. the designation wholly or substantially corresponds to that of a legal entity that has been declared prohibited by a final court decision and has therefore been dissolved;

o f. the request is received by the central electoral committee on the same day as another request, seeking to register a completely or substantially identical designation, unless that other request must already be rejected on one of the grounds mentioned under a through e.

• 5. The central electoral committee's decision on the request shall be notified to the authorized representative and published in the Government Gazette.

• 6. A political grouping whose designation is registered in the register may submit a written request to the central electoral committee to change this designation. The last sentence of the first paragraph, as well as the fourth and fifth paragraphs, apply mutatis mutandis to requests for change.

• 7. ​​The central electoral committee shall delete the designation from the register and publish this notice in the Government Gazette when:

o a. the political grouping has ceased to exist;

o b. the political grouping has submitted a request to that effect;

o c. the political grouping has been declared prohibited as an association by a final court decision and has therefore been dissolved;

o d. no valid list of candidates was submitted for the last election of members of the House of Representatives.

• 8. On the fortieth day before the nomination for the election of members of the Provincial Council, the General Board, or the Municipal Council, the central electoral committee shall publish in the Government Gazette the designations of political groupings it has registered, insofar as the registration thereof is irrevocable, as well as the names of the representatives and their deputies.

• 9. The central electoral committee shall destroy the petition and the documents submitted with it, referred to in the third paragraph, as soon as the deletion of the designation of the political grouping is irrevocable. The declaration referred to in the third paragraph, subparagraph c, shall also be destroyed if the declaration is replaced by another one.