The dissemination of political advertising is regulated by the Election Code.
During a political campaign:
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political advertising must be marked in accordance with the procedure laid down by the law by indicating the source of funding and visibly separated from other disseminated information.
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public information producers or disseminators may disseminate political advertising only at the rates and under the conditions which are equal to all political campaign participants and which are submitted to the Central Electoral Commission not later than 30 days left before the election or the referendum. The rates and conditions of political advertising presented by public information producers or disseminators shall be immediately published by the Central Electoral Commission on its website. The published rates and conditions of political advertising applicable during a political campaign period may not be changed after the launch of the political campaign. The rates and conditions of political advertising applicable not later than until the launch of a political campaign period may be changed in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Central Electoral Commission.
It shall be prohibited to disseminate political advertising:
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on the front page of a periodical;
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if the dissemination of such advertising is in violation of the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Lithuania.
for free, except discussion programme.
The rates and conditions of political advertising
