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Article Y 35
 

• 1. The central electoral committee shall remove from the list a candidate who, according to a declaration as referred to in Article Y 35b, paragraph 2, is excluded from the right to be elected in another Member State, if this declaration is received before the start of the session referred to in Article I 4.


• 2. If, after the time referred to in paragraph 1, the central electoral committee receives a declaration as referred to in Article Y 35b, paragraph 2, stating that a candidate is excluded from the right to be elected in the Member State of which he or she is a national, the central electoral committee shall send the declaration:


o a. simultaneously with the notification referred to in Article V 1, paragraph 3, to the House of Representatives, if the candidate is appointed as a Member of the European Parliament;


o b. without delay to the House of Representatives, if the candidate is a Member of the European Parliament.