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(1) The amalgamation of two or more duly established parties shall be performed through the approval of the amalgamation protocol by the supreme deliberative bodies of each party, provided under Art. 14 within their ordinary meeting.
(2) In the amalgamation protocol, the transfer methods of the amounts, assets and contracts owned by the amalgamated parties, as well as the procedure of guaranteeing the continuity of service in the party of the members of the merging political parties, shall be expressly specified.
(3) Its type shall be determined in the amalgamation protocol: by absorption or merger.