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Article R 7
 

• 1. The authorized representative referred to in Article G 1, paragraph 3(c), or Article Q 6, paragraph 3, in conjunction with Article G 1, paragraph 3(c), may authorize the person submitting the list of candidates to place the designation of the relevant grouping above the list, as registered by the central electoral committee. A statement from the authorized representative evidencing this authority shall be submitted with the list.


• 2. The person submitting the list is authorized to place an designation above it, formed by combining designations or abbreviations thereof registered by the central electoral committee for the election of members of the Senate or House of Representatives, if authorized to do so by the authorized representatives of the various groupings. Statements from the authorized representatives evidencing this authority shall be submitted with the list. A designation thus formed may not contain more than 35 letters or other characters.


• 3. The person who submitted the list will receive proof thereof.


• 4. A general administrative order will regulate where and when the forms for the declarations regarding the placement of designations of political groups above candidate lists are available, free of charge. A model for the forms will be established by ministerial regulation.