March 18 deadline for submission of candidate lists for EP elections

Zagreb, 05.03.2013 - Svi prijedlozi kandidacijskih listi za izbor èlanova u Europski parlament (EP), koji æe biti održani 14. travnja, moraju Državnom izbornom povjerenstvu (DIP) prispjeti do ponoæi, 18. ožujka. Arhivska fotografija od 22.01.2012. godine prikazuje predsjednika Državnog izbornog povjerenstva Branka Hrvatina pred doèeka objave prvih rezultata referenduma o pristupanju Hrvatske Europskoj uniji. foto FAH/ Damir SENÈAR /ds

All lists of candidates for European Parliament elections, which will be held in Croatia on April 14, must be submitted to the State Electoral Commission (DIP) by midnight March 18, the commission said in a statement on Tuesday.

Within 48 hours of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of lists, DIP will make public all valid lists with the names of candidates in the daily press and on the public broadcaster HRT, and will submit a collective list to Croatian diplomatic and consular missions abroad.

All political parties that are registered in Croatia on March 4, the day when elections were called, are entitled to nominate their lists of candidates.