§ Electoral Code art. 64Specific features of the establishment and registration of electoral blocks

Specific features of the establishment and registration of electoral blocks
(1) The electoral blocks for all types of elections shall be registered by the Central
Electoral Commission.
(2) In the case of parliamentary, presidential and local elections, the documents
required for the registration of the electoral blocks shall be submitted to the Central Electoral
Commission no earlier than 30 days before the start of the nomination period.
(3) The political parties may agree to form an electoral block by recording the decision
to participate in its establishment in a minutes approved in accordance with their statutes
(regulations).
(4) The electoral blocks shall be formed under the establishment agreement, approved
by the registered political parties in the manner prescribed by law, until the date of elections,
which have decided to participate in the creation of an electoral bloc.
(5) The agreement establishing the electoral block shall include:
a) constituent parts of the electoral block;
b) full name, short name of the block and, where appropriate, the electoral symbol in
graphic form, together with its textual description;
c) person/body with representation power;
d) how to withdraw one of the parties from the composition of the electoral block and/or
association with another political party;
e) procedure for nominating the candidate(s)/ list(s) of candidates and amending the
list(s) of candidates, as appropriate, the procedure for setting up the initiative group;
f) method and procedure for distributing allocations from the State budget;
g) method of repayment of the loan requested and allocated from the State budget for
the conduct of the election campaign and of the expenditure relating to the organisation and
conduct of elections in accordance with Articles 51 and 52;
h) procedure for the winding up (cessation of service) of the electoral block;
i) where applicable, the documents laid down in Article 68 (1);
j) other provisions, which are not contrary to the provisions of this Code.
(6) Within 5 days of receipt of the documents, the Central Electoral Commission shall
adopt a decision on the registration or refusal to register the electoral block.
(7) The political parties, which established the electoral block, shall not be entitled to
nominate the candidate(s)/ list(s) of candidates in their own name.
(8) If, after the end of the appointment period, only one constituent party remains in
the composition of the block, the block shall not be deemed legally dissolved.