• 1. A political grouping that is an association with full legal capacity and whose designation has not already been registered with the central electoral committee for the election of members of the House of Representatives may submit a written request to the central electoral committee for the election of members of the Provincial Council 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 €225 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 225 must be paid to the municipality where the central electoral committee is located. 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 statement from the political group, designating its authorized representative and deputy authorized representative at the central electoral committee, which will remain valid until the representative is 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 a designation already registered pursuant to this article or Article G 1 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 judicial decision and has therefore been dissolved;

o f. the request was received by the central electoral committee on the same day as another request for the registration of a wholly or substantially identical designation, unless that other request must already be rejected on one of the grounds stated under a through e.

• 5. The central electoral committee's decision on the request shall be communicated to the authorized representative and published in the provincial gazette.

• 6. A political group 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 in the provincial gazette if:

o a. the political group has ceased to exist;

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

o c. the political group 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 Provincial Council.

• 8. On the fortieth day before the nomination for the election of the municipal council members, the central electoral committee shall publish in the provincial gazette the designations of political groups 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.