§ Art. I-54General Procedure for Using Mass Media

1. Election campaigning through mass media shall be conducted with due observance of the
principle of equal opportunities and under the procedure prescribed by this Code.
 2. Election campaigning through mass media paid for out of the electoral funds of candidates
or parties (party organizations) that are electoral subjects shall be conducted on conditions of equal
pay for a unit of printed space or air time and shall be restricted only by the limit of expenses
allowed to be incurred at the expense of the electoral fund.
 3. Each mass media organization shall set the price per unit of printed space or air time to be
used for election campaigning at the expense of electoral funds no later than on the first day of the
election process of the respective election. Moreover, mass media shall be entitled to calculate
separate rates per unit of printed space or air time for business days and days off and holidays as
well as for periods of air time or printed space types differing in the size of the potential audience.
 Prices per unit of printed space and air time for conducting election campaigning shall not be
changed during the election process. A mass media outlet shall not be allowed to grant discounts to an
individual candidate or party (party organizations) that are electoral subjects.
 4. A mass media outlet that has provided air time or printed space for election campaigning
for one candidate or party (party organization) that are electoral subjects, shall not refuse to provide
air time or printed space on the same terms to another candidate or party (party organization). This
requirement shall not apply to mass media, the founders (owners) of which are parties (party
organizations) that are electoral subjects.