1. Each candidate may be entered only on one list of candidates in the Republic of Lithuania and may stand as a candidate only in one Member State of the European Union in a single election to the European Parliament – double-candidacy. 2. If a person has given his consent to be entered on more than one list of candidates in the Republic of Lithuania, he shall be removed from all the lists of candidates and his registration as a candidate shall be cancelled. 3. If a person has given his consent to be entered on a list of candidates in the Republic of Lithuania and has given his consent to be nominated as a candidate in any other Member State of the European Union, he shall be removed from the list of candidates and his registration as a candidate in the Republic of Lithuania shall be cancelled. 4. In order to prevent double candidacy, the Central Electoral Committee of the Republic of Lithuania shall maintain relations with the institutions of other Member States of the European Union, which organise elections or are responsible for the registration of candidates for elections to the European Parliament, shall notify the said institutions about the registration of citizens of their States as candidates and collect information about the registration of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania as candidates for members of the European Parliament in other Member States of the European Union.
§ Article 41Measures to Prevent Double-Candidacy
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