Approved by the Decision # 23-1
of the Central Election Commission
of the Republic of Azerbaijan
dated on August 24, 2009
INSTRUCTION
on the rules for the registration of political party blocs
I. The documents submitted for the registration of political party blocs
1.1. According to Article 50 of Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (hereafter referred to as Election Code), the authorized representative of the political party bloc shall submit the following documents to Central Election Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan (hereafter referred to as CEC) in order to register the political party bloc:
1.1.1. copies of charters of political parties included in bloc approved in notary order;
1.1.2. agreement of political parties included in bloc on entering the bloc;
1.1.3. decisions of political parties on entering the bloc;
1.1.4. joint decision on the establishment of the bloc signed by the authorized representatives of political parties and approved by the stamps of these parties;
1.1.5. information on full and short name of the political party bloc (the name of the political party bloc is determined at the joint session of the representatives of the parties included in bloc, while naming the bloc names of other political parties participated in previous elections can not be used (notwithstanding had participated in elections or not). If newly registered political party bloc doesn’t include more than half of the political parties which established this bloc in previous elections, then the bloc can’t be named as previous political party bloc. The name or surname of a person can be used by the political party bloc only with the written consent of this person).
1.1.6. decision of the session (convention, conference or the leading body) by political party entering the bloc or the joint session of the representatives of political parties on the appointment of authorized representatives, as well as authorized representatives on financial issues;
1.1.7. list of authorized representatives (Appendice # 1 made to Instruction), as well as authorized representatives on financial issues (Appendice # 1a made to Instruction) (by warning in written form upon the decision of the authorized body of the political party bloc, the authority of the representative may be terminated; the copy of the decision on it shall be sent to Central Election Commission).
1.1.8. letters of consent of these person to be an authorized representative (Appendices # 2 and 2a made to Instruction).
1.2. Political party bloc can submit its emblem to CEC for approval (excluding the registered emblem of any political party or political party within the political party bloc itself or the emblems used by other political party or political party blocs in present or previous elections (by abiding Article 51.2 of this Code), the political party bloc can submit any emblem. Symbols of the political party bloc should not infringe the right of intellectual property, rights of commodity signs, should not offend national symbols of the Republic of Azerbaijan and other states, as well as religious symbols and should not violate generally accepted norms of morality. The political party bloc should agree with CEC in the usage of its name or emblem containing not more than five words in election documents).
II. Registration of political party blocs
2.1. The written reference on the admission of the documents submitted to Central Election Commission shall be provided to the authorized representative (Appendix # 3 made to Instruction).
2.2. Central Election Commission shall solve the issue on the registration of the political party bloc at latest within 5 days since the day of submitting the relevant documents to Central Election Commission by this bloc.
2.3. If the documents necessary for the registration of the political party bloc are not correctly made official, if they are not full or don’t meet the requirements of Election Code, then Central Election Commission may adopt decision on the refusal from the registration of the political party bloc.
