(1) No approval can be granted to a party name under sections 11a and 12 which-

(i) is in use by a party entitled to nomination, see section 11;

(ii) is the name of a party that has previously been entitled to nomination, see section 11, unless at least five periods of election have passed since the time when the party participated in general elections the last time;

(iii) has been approved for a new party that wishes to participate in general elections by the Election Board, see section 12(2);

(iv) is used by a party entitled to participate in elections to the European Parliament not included in cases specified in paragraph (i), see section 10 of the Danish Members of the European Parliament Elections Act;

(v) is the name of a party not included in cases specified in paragraph (ii) that has previously been entitled to participate in European Parliamentary elections, see section 10 of the Danish Members of the European Parliament Elections Act unless at least four periods of election have passed since the time when the party participated in European Parliamentary Elections the last time;

(vi) has been approved by the Election Board for a new party that wishes to participate in European Parliamentary elections, see section 11(2) in the Danish Members of the European Parliament Elections Act;

(vii) is the name of a party in respect of which the Election Board has issued a decision pursuant to section 12a(1) or (2) of this Act or pursuant to section 11a(1) or (2) of the Act Concerning the Election of the Danish Members of the European Parliament (lov om valg af danske medlemmer til Europa-Parlamentet) and where the approval of this party name has not yet expired pursuant to the second sentence of section 12(2) and the first and second sentences of section 12(4) of this Act or pursuant to the second sentence of section 11(2) and the first and second sentences of section 11(4) of the Act Concerning the Election of the Danish Members of the European Parliament; or

(viii) may cause confusion of identity with one of the parties referred to in paragraphs (i) to (vii).

(2) The name of a party cannot be approved pursuant to sections 11a and 12 if by a final court decision it has been established or there are other reasons to assume that somebody else on a basis different than the rules in subsection (1) holds an exclusive right to the name. The name may, however, be approved if the holder of the exclusive right has consented to the party’s use of the name.

(3) If by final judgment it is established or in general there are reasons to believe that, on a different basis than the rules of subsection (1), somebody else has the exclusive right to use a name approved by the Election Board under sections 11a and 12 as the name of a new party, and if the holder of this exclusive right does not consent to such party's use of the name, the Election Board can revoke the approval. If the party has been registered with the Minister for the Interior and Health under sections 12 to 12b, the party's right of participation in general elections will lapse.

(4) If the name in which another person or entity holds the exclusive rights is a change of the name of a party which is entitled to participate in elections, see section 11a of this Act and section 10a of the Act Concerning the Election of the Danish Members of the European Parliament (lov om valg af danske medlemmer til Europa-Parlamentet), the Election Board may revoke the approval under subsection (3) so that the party is still entitled to participate in elections under the former party name. If the party is entitled to participate in elections to the Danish Parliament as well as to the European Parliament, however, the Election Board cannot revoke the approval in the period from the day when an election to the Danish parliament is called or from eight weeks before the day of an election to the European Parliament until and including election day. If the party is only entitled to participate in elections to the Danish
parliament, the Election Board cannot revoke the approval in the period from the day when the election is called until and including election day. If the party is only entitled to participate in elections to the European Parliament, the Election Board cannot revoke the approval in the period from eight weeks before the day of an election to the European Parliament until and including election day.

(5) The Election Board shall keep a list of party names (List of Party Names) which are comprised by subsection (1)(i) to (vii) and which have not been revoked in pursuance of subsections (3) and (4) (the Party Name Register).