• 1. A political grouping that is an association with full legal capacity and whose designation is not already registered with the central electoral committee for the election of members of the House of Representatives or the Provincial Council, respectively, may submit a written request to the central electoral committee for the election of members of the municipal 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 one, of the General Administrative Law Act after the forty-second day before the nomination will not be processed for the subsequent election.

• 2. For the registration referred to in the first paragraph, a deposit of €112.50 must be paid to the municipality. The person who made the payment will receive proof thereof. Upon submission of a valid candidate list for the next election following the decision on the request, the deposit will be refunded.

• 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designating its proxy and deputy proxy at the central electoral committee, which is valid as long as it has not been replaced by another.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 policy;

o b. the designation wholly or substantially corresponds to a designation of another political grouping already registered pursuant to this article or Articles G 1 or G 2, respectively, or to a designation for which a registration request has already been received pursuant to this article, and this is likely to cause confusion;

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 entirely 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 was received by the central electoral committee on the same day as another request for the registration of an entirely 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 communicated to the authorized representative and published in the municipal 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 municipal gazette when:

o a. the political grouping 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 the municipal council members.

• 8. The central electoral committee shall destroy the petition and the accompanying documents referred to in the third paragraph as soon as the removal of the designation of the political grouping becomes final. The declaration referred to in the third paragraph, subparagraph c, shall also be destroyed if the declaration is replaced by another one.