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Article 174
 

Constituency association candidate application   The constituency association candidate application shall include:  A draft of a candidate list of the constituency application, which contains information regarding the candidate as is laid down in section 172 (1)(1)  A signed consent, including the personal identity code, accepting the candidacy of the constituency association the candidate has been nominated by and a consent  accepting  membership of the European Parliament and an affirmation confirming that the candidate has not accepted a candidacy for another party in the same election; An affirmation by a citizen of another European Union member state, who has been nominated as a candidate, confirming that he or she has not accepted a candidacy in another European Union member state in the same election and a statement regarding his or her place of residence in Finland,  which European Union member state he or she is a citizen of, 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; and A certificate awarded by an authority in the home state of a candidate, who is a citizen of another European member state, as is laid down in section 3, which confirms that the 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 loss of eligibility of the person in question; and A charter of the constituency association. The candidate application is to be signed and dated by the election representative of the constituency association. The election representative shall in the application confirm that the candidate is eligible for election and that the members of the constituency association have personally signed the charter.