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1. Local administration bodies of the first level determined by a decision issued within one (1) month of the determination under article 3 paragraph 1 of Law 2946/2001 (GG 224A) of areas for outdoor advertising, special spaces for the presentation of messages by political parties, student, union and cooperative organisations, as well as non-profit associations, with a percentage that cannot be less than ten percent (10%) of the total area of the spaces lawfully assigned for outdoor advertising by the local OTA. A similar decision of the municipal or communal council determines the procedure and prerequisites for using the above spaces.
2. Spaces are made available under paragraph 1 under equal terms, no authorisation is required for their use from any authority, and no advertising charge or compensation for the use is paid to the relevant OTA.
3. During the period of parliamentary, regional, municipal and communal elections, euro-elections or referendums, municipal and communal councils have the obligation, within four (4) days of the announcement of parliamentary elections or referendum or thirty (30) days before regional, municipal and communal elections, to make available, by their decision, to parties, coalitions and associations of candidates for their electoral promotion, all the spaces determined under article 3 paragraph 1 of Law 2946/2001 (GG 224A) for outdoor advertising in the local OTA. In this case, all rental contracts on such spaces are suspended and the rent is reduced accordingly. By a decision of the Minister of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation, issued every two years in January, the manner in which such spaces are to be used is determined, as well as any required detail. Within eight (8) days of the elections, the parties, coalitions and associations have the obligation, at their own expense, to bring the things to their prior condition.
4. If the municipal or communal council does have the above spaces available within the period of the previous paragraph, the spaces shall be made available by decision of the Secretary General of the Region, which must be issued within three days of the expiry of the above periods, with the application of the penalties stipulated under article 109 paragraph 3 of the PD 55/1999 (GG58A).
5. The spaces of paragraph 3 shall be made available proportionately and under equal terms. In case of a prior written agreement of the political parties that form, according to the Regulations of the Parliament, a parliamentary group, or of candidate lists for regional, municipal or communal elections, it is mandatory for the municipal or communal councils and the Secretary General of the Region. No authorisation is required for the use of such spaces, and no advertising charge or compensation for the use is paid to the relevant OTA.