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*1. The Central Electoral Commission shall begin accepting applications of the natural persons and political parties referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 3 of this Law to register them as independent political campaign participants upon the commencement of the political campaign period and shall finish accepting the said applications on the date (inclusive) when, pursuant to the relevant laws, the submission of application documents begins. In any case the time limit during which these persons shall be entitled to apply to the Central Electoral Commission to be registered as independent political campaign participants may not be shorter than ten working days.
2. Persons wishing to be register as independent political campaign participants must have an agreement with the political campaign treasurer concluded and have an account with a bank registered in the Republic of Lithuania which will be used as a political campaign account.
3. A political party wishing to be registered, and to register a candidate or a list of candidates nominated by it, as an independent political campaign participant:
1) must submit to the Central Electoral Commission an application to be registered, and may submit to it a proposal (application) to register a candidate or a list of candidates nominated by it, as an independent political campaign participant;
2) must, in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law, submit to the Central Electoral Commission a copy of the property trust agreement with the political campaign treasurer signed by the person authorised by the political party and may submit a copy of the contract with the political campaign auditing firm;
*3) must submit to the Central Electoral Commission the document confirming that the political party has a bank account which will be used as a political campaign account, and the bank statement issued not earlier than three working days before submission that there are no funds in this account;
4) if a proposal (application) to register a candidate or a list of candidates as an independent political campaign participant has been submitted, the Central Electoral Commission must be provided with a copy of the relevant agreement with his political campaign treasurer and the document confirming the existence of a bank account which will be used as a political campaign account as well as the bank statement that there are no funds in this account; a copy of the contract with the political campaign auditing firm may also be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission;
5) may submit a list of represented political campaign participants;
*4. A natural person wishing to be registered as an independent political campaign participant must submit to the Central Electoral Commission the following:
1) an application to be registered as an independent political campaign participant;
2) his identification document (or that of a coordinator of the initiative group for a referendum);
3) a copy of the property trust agreement with the political campaign treasurer signed in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law, and may submit a copy of the contract with the political campaign auditing firm;
4) an identification document of the treasurer;
5) the document confirming that a bank account has been opened in his name which will be used as a political campaign account, and the bank statement issued not earlier than three working days before submission that there are no funds in this account.
*5. Repealed as of 30 October 2010.
6. A decision on registration as an independent political campaign participant shall be taken by the Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission or the Commission member authorised by him not later than within three working days from the receipt of all the documents referred to in this Article.
7. Refusal to register a person as an independent political campaign participant must be reasoned. If a person does not agree with the adopted decision he shall have the right to complain against the said decision to the Central Electoral Commission. The Central Electoral Commission must examine the complaint within three working days. The decision of the Central Electoral Commission may be appealed against to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania not later than within five working days from its adoption.
8. The following information shall be posted on the website of the Central Electoral Commission:
1) the name or the forename and surname of an independent political campaign participant, its/his status in the political campaign (potential candidate, candidate, referendum initiator or opponent), contact telephone number, e-mail address;
2) the forename, surname, telephone number, e-mail address of the political campaign treasurer;
3) the name, code, telephone number, e-mail address of the political campaign auditing firm, if any;
4) political campaign participants represented by a political party and the spending limits set for them by the political party, if so requested by this political party.
*Note. This Law shall not apply to political campaigns which began prior to the entry into force of this Law.