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Article 172
 

Party candidate application A party candidate application shall include:   A draft of the party's candidate list containing the name, title, occupation or position indicated with maximum of two expressions and municipality of residence of each candidate, in the order the candidates are nominated in the combined list of the candidates. Next to the first name or replacing the first name, the name by which the candidate is generally known or an abbreviated  version of the first name may be used. The list of candidates may not include any other details, unless these are necessary to clarify the identity of a candidate.  A signed consent, including the personal identity code, from each candidate to be nominated by the party in question, and consent to accepting the position as a member of the European Parliament and an affirmation confirming that they have not given consent to candidacy for another party or a constituency association in the same election.  An affirmation in which a citizen of another European Union member state confirms that he or she has not given consent to a candidacy in another European member state in the same election, and a statement indicating their place of residence in Finland, and the member state of the European Union in which he or she is a citizen, and the electoral district or municipality in his or her home state in which he or she most recently appeared on the electoral roll for the European Parliamentary Election; A certificate awarded by an authority in the home state of a citizen of another European Union member state, which is awarded to every nominated candidate as referred to in paragraph 3 and which confirms that the nominated candidate has not lost his or her eligibility for the European Parliament in his or her home state or that the awarding authority has not been notified of the loss of eligibility of the person in question.   The election representative of the party must date and sign the candidate application, which confirms that the candidates are eligible for the European Parliament.