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1. a. During the pre-election period, public and private radio and televisions stations with free broadcast and the providers of subscription-based radio and television services of any kind, have the obligation to transmit messages of parties and coalitions with a duration determined by joint decision of the Ministers of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation and of the Press and Mass Media, issued after the opinion of the National Radio and Television Council and the opinion of the Interparty Elections Committee and is published in the Government Gazette. By a similar decision, the above time is distributed between parties and coalitions based on the principle of proportional equality and ensuring that the positions and programmes of the parties and coalitions are broadcast.
b. The above transmission is done free of charge and free of any tax.
2. The same joint ministerial decision of paragraph 1, in the same procedure and having proportional equality as criterion, determines the time allotted in the news bulletins of state and private radio and television stations for the presentation of electoral activities of parties and coalitions.