§ Article 93Requirement to Disclose to Voters the Candidate’s Collaboration with the Special Services of other States and Earlier Conviction Imposed by Court’s Ruling

1. Each candidate must make a public disclosure of his deliberate collaboration with the special services of other states, provided that he was not thereby carrying out the assignments of his home Member State, except for the candidates who are the citizens of other Member States of the European Union, permanently residing in Lithuania and who collaborated with the special services (service) of their home Member State. He shall indicate this fact in the questionnaire for a candidate for the European Parliament. A poster with the list of candidates, issued by the Central Electoral Committee, must contain the following notice beside the surname of the candidate: “Has deliberately and not on the instruction of his home Member State collaborated with the special services of another state”.
2. If the candidate fails to indicate this and there is a valid court sentence which has established a fact having juridical meaning (or this fact has been confirmed by the candidate himself in the manner prescribed by law) that he with full awareness collaborated with the special services of other states which was not related to carrying out the assignments of his home Member State, the Central Electoral Committee shall not register him as a candidate; where it has already registered him a candidate, the Central Electoral Committee shall immediately cancel his registration as a candidate. If the candidate has not indicated it and after the election the Higher Administrative Court of Lithuania recognises in the manner prescribed by law that he deliberately collaborated with the special services of other states which was not related to carrying out the assignments of his home Member State, the Central Electoral Committee must, within 5 working days after the coming into effect of the court’s decision, acknowledge that the said person has lost a mandate of Member of the European Parliament, announce the said fact in the Internet and the next issue of the Valstybės žinios (the Official Gazette), as well as notify the European Parliament about this. A vacant seat in the European Parliament shall be filled in accordance with the procedure established in Article 92 of this Law.
3. Each candidate must make a public disclosure that under the sentence of the court of the Republic of Lithuania or any other Member State of the European Union, which became effective during the last 10 years before the fixed date, he was found guilty for committing a criminal act under the effective court judgement was at any time found guilty for committing a minor or major crime. He shall indicate this fact in the questionnaire for a candidate for the European Parliament, regardless of whether the conviction has expired or has been annulled. A poster with the list of candidates, issued by the Central Electoral Committee, must contain the following notice beside the surname of the candidate: “Has been found guilty by the court judgement for committing a crime”.
4. If the candidate has not indicated the sentence imposed on him by the court judgement, as required in paragraph 3 of this Article, and a court judgement of the Republic of Lithuania or any other Member State of the European Union by which a person has been found guilty for committing a criminal act has become effective during the last 10 years prior to the fixed date, or a court judgement by which a person has been found guilty at any time for committing a minor or major crime has become effective, the Central Electoral Committee does not register such person as a candidate, or if it has already registered him as a candidate, it shall immediately cancel his registration. If the candidate failed to disclose this fact and, following the elections, it has been established that there is a sentence of the court of the Republic of Lithuania or any other Member State of the European Union, effective during the last ten years prior to the fixed date, by which a person has been found guilty for committing a criminal act, or a court judgement by which a person has been found guilty at any time for committing a minor or major crime, has become effective, the Central Electoral Committee shall, within 15 days, submit copies of the court judgement and the questionnaire of a candidate for a member of the European Parliament to the Higher Administrative Court of Lithuania for it to adopt a decision by which a person is found guilty of having violated the requirements of paragraph 3 of this Article. If the Higher Administrative Court of Lithuania adopts a decision to find a person guilty of having violated the requirements of paragraph 3 of this Article, the Central Electoral Committee must, within 5 working days after the coming into force of the court decision, declare that this person has lost a mandate of Member of the European Parliament, announce the said fact in the Internet and the next issue of the Valstybės žinios (the Official Gazette), as well as notify the European Parliament about this. A vacant seat of a member of the European Parliament shall be filled in accordance with the procedure established in Article 92 of this Law.