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1. A decision of the Minister of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation, issued following the proposal of the Interparty Elections Committee, and published in the Government Gazette, determines every required detail about the application of this law, regarding the conditions of the electoral competition.
2. A 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 proposal of the Interparty Elections Committee and published in the Government Gazette determines any detail regarding appearances in the state and private audiovisual media of parliamentary candidates and representatives of parties or coalitions and sets limitations to prevent indirect promotion of parliamentary candidates.
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of article 28 and 1 and 2 of this article shall apply similarly to elections for the Greek representatives in the European Parliament.
4. The period of the elections campaign, for the purposes of this law, is determined according to the relevant provisions of the applicable laws.
5. For the application of article 11, paragraph 1, of article 27 and of the decision issued under paragraph 2 of this article, and for the period between the announcement of the elections and the announcement of the candidates by the relevant court, candidates are also considered persons presented with the perspective of participation as candidates in the elections that will take place and in any case persons who according to announcement of the parties are included in the lists for any region.
6. a. Any opinion poll regarding political parties and coalitions, members of parliament and parliamentary candidates, regardless of when it is performed, in order to be published in the press and broadcast by audiovisual media, must meet the following prerequisites: i) it must expressly mention the company that carried it out, ii) it must mention the person that ordered it to be carried out, iii) it must include the percentages of categories based on which it was carried out and iv) it must contain the full text of the questions asked to the respondents.
b. The publication and broadcasting in violation of the above prerequisites shall bring the penalties of article 27, paragraphs 2 and 3 of this law.