§ Art. IV-222Conditions for Registration of Candidates to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous

Republic of Crimea, and Candidates for Oblast, Rayon, Rayon in City, City, Village and Settlement
 Councils (of territorial communities with 10,000 or more voters)
 1. The Election Commission of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in
city, city, village or settlement election commissions shall register candidates included in the
unified and territorial lists of the party’s organization upon receipt of the following documents:
 1) an application for registration of the candidates, signed by the chair of the party
 organization and affixed with the party organization’s seal;
 2) a decision of the party organization’s meeting or conference on the nomination of
 candidates, as stipulated by Part ten of Article 219 of this Code, signed by the chair of the
 local party organization and certified by the seal of the local party organization or the
 respective party organization and approved by the central governing body certified by the
 seal of this party (indicating the name of the central governing body of the party and the
 number and date of the respective decision, which is not attached);
 3) the unified electoral list and all territorial electoral lists of candidates nominated by the party
 organization to the respective multi-member districts, in the forms established by the
 Central Election Commission, in hard copy, which must contain the information provided
 for in part ten of Article 220 of this Code, signed by the chair of the party organization and
 affixed with the seal of the party organization or the respective party organization of the
 highest level, as well as in electronic form;
 4) the party organization’s election program, prepared in the state language, the volume
 of which is up to 4,000 printed characters, approved by the party organization’s meeting
 or conference, in a paper form, signed by the chair of the party organization and affixed
 with the party organization’s seal, as well as in electronic form;
 5) a document on making a cash deposit in accordance with Article 225 of this Code;
 6) statements of the persons included in the party organization’s electoral list expressing
 consent to be nominated as that party organization’s candidate, which shall also contain a
 person’s consent to the publication of his or her biographical information, as well as the
 acknowledgment of the obligation, in the event of being elected, to lay down a
 representative mandate (or indicating absence thereof);
 7) statements of the persons included in the electoral lists of the republican party organization
 in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea shall also contain the acknowledgment of the
 obligation, in the event of being elected as a local council member, to terminate any
 activities which are incompatible with the mandate of a member of the Verkhovna Rada of
 the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (or indicating absence thereof), as well as the
 obligation, in the event of being elected as a local council member, to transfer, within one
 month from the day of the official promulgation of the election results, to another person,
 pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Law, the management of enterprises and
 corporate rights owned by the candidate (or indicating absence thereof);
 8) paper and electronic copies of the application forms of candidates, in a form established
 by the Central Election Commission, which shall necessarily contain: last name, first
 name (all first names), and patronymic name (if any), all previous last names, first names,
 and patronymic name and the dates of change thereof (if a person has changed his or her
 last name and/or first name (one of the first names or all first names), and/or patronymic
 name during the last five years prior to the day of voting), the day, month, year and place

 

 of birth, citizenship, information about educational background, job position
 (occupation), place of employment, party membership, address of place of residence,
 presence or absence of a representative mandate, telephone number, information on
 presence or absence of a criminal record, date of filling out the application and the
 signature of the candidate (to be filled out in printed form);
 9) certificates on the presence or absence of a criminal record issued by an authorized body
 after the start of the election process;
 10) a statement of each of the candidates about the presence (absence) of arrears of child
 support, the amount of which exceeds the amount of the respective payments for six
 months from the date when an executive document for mandatory enforcement was
 presented;
 11) one photograph on paper sized 4x6 cm, as well as in an electronic format, of each of
 the candidates;
 12) photocopies of the first and second page of each candidate’s passport of a citizen of
 Ukraine in the form of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse page of
 a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a card.
 Submission of documents to the respective election commission for registration of candidates is
carried out by a representative of the party organization authorized by a power of attorney from the
party organization.
 In case the territorial election commission finds discrepancies between the unified electoral list and
the territorial electoral lists of the party organization, provided in hard copy and in electronic form, the
paper document shall prevail.
 2. The territorial election commission shall issue to a person who has submitted documents
provided for by Part One of this Article, a certificate confirming the receipt of such documents. The
certificate shall contain a list of documents received, the day, month, year and time of their receipt,
and the position and last name of the person who received the documents.
 3. The territorial election commission shall not accept the documents specified in Part one of
this Article if they are submitted after the expiry of the deadline specified in Part two of Article 227 of
this Code.
 4. Persons nominated as candidates shall be held responsible for the authenticity and accuracy
of the data in the documents specified in clauses 6 to 8 and 10 of Part one of this Article, filed with
the territorial commission for the registration of candidates.
 5. Documents for registration of candidates may be submitted to the respective election
commission by means of electronic services in accordance with the procedure established by the Central
Election Commission.
 In this case, the documents provided for in part one of this article may be submitted in the form of
electronic copies, the authenticity of which is certified by the chair of the respective party organization
and/or the respective candidate, taking into account the laws of Ukraine "On electronic documents and
electronic document management" and “On electronic trust services."