(1) The nominating organisation shall be registered by the regional election commission or the National Election Commission, depending on to which it was notified. In a by-election, the election commission competent to register the candidate or the list shall register the nominating organisation.
(2) Upon the notification of a national minority organisation, the organisation shall make a statement that the organisation complies with the requirements for national minority organisations set out in the Act on the rights of national minorities. The election commission competent to register the nominating organisation shall check the articles of association of the national minority organisation in the court register of non-governmental organisations.