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An association may upon written application be entered in the party register as a political party if
1) its main objective is to influence state matters;
2) it has signed support cards from at least 5,000 citizens entitled to vote in parliamentary elections;
3) the rules and regulations of the association guarantee that democratic principles are abided by in the decision-making and activities of the association; and
4) the association has drafted a party programme, which takes up the goals and principles followed in the national activities, whose final objective is mentioned in the rules and regulations.
Member, local, parallel, or support associations of an association cannot be entered in the party register as political parties.
Entry of an association in the party register as a political party is free of charge.