Election Obligations & Standards Database

Quote

"If media accept paid political advertising, regulatory or self-regulatory frameworks should ensure that such advertising is readily recognizable as such."

Document

CoE (Committee of Ministers): Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)15 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Measures concerning Media Coverage of Election Campaigns, principle I.6

Summaries

Paid advertising in the public media should be identified as such, and the costs and conditions involved should be reasonable and equally applied to all candidates and parties.