(1) Candidates in constituencies with multi-member list voting, candidates in single-member constituencies, mayoral candidates and candidates for Lord Mayor of the Capital city shall be notified on the thirty-fourth day before the day of voting at the latest.
(2) Candidates in constituencies with multi-member list voting, candidates in single-member constituencies and mayoral candidates shall be registered by the local election commission, and candidates for Lord Mayor of the Capital city shall be registered by the territorial election commission.
(3) National minority candidates shall also declare that
a) they will take on the task of representing the national minority;
b) they speak the language of the national minority community and know its culture and traditions.
(4) The election commission shall verify in the register of candidates that the persons notified as national minority candidates had not stood as a candidate of a different national minority in the last two general elections of representatives and mayors of municipalities or the last two general elections of national minority self-governments or subsequent by-elections.