(2) The chairman and members of the committee may not be in a business relationship with candidates, their representatives, members of boards, supervisory boards, founders, partners or shareholders with a controlling interest or persons with the power of attorney, or in any other way associated by interest, directly related or indirectly related to the fourth degree, in a marital relationship or affinity by marriage to the second degree inclusive, even where such marital relationship has terminated, or live with a candidate in a relationship resembling marriage or in a registered same-sex partnership.
(2) Predsednik in člani komisije ne smejo biti s kandidatom, njegovim zastopnikom, članom uprave, nadzornega sveta, ustanoviteljem, družbenikom ali delničarjem s kontrolnim deležem ali pooblaščencem v poslovnem razmerju ali kako drugače interesno povezani, v sorodstvenem razmerju v ravni vrsti ali v stranski vrsti do vštetega četrtega kolena, v zakonski zvezi ali svaštvu do vštetega drugega kolena, četudi je zakonska zveza že prenehala, ali živeti z njim v zunajzakonski skupnosti ali pa v registrirani istospolni partnerski skupnosti.