44. Are there limits on traditional media advertising spending in relation to election campaigns?

Article 6.‌1  Media Act, 2008, amended 2016
1. The Commissioner shall designate each year a number of hours on the general program channels of the national public service media to political parties at the last election of the members of the Lower or Upper House of Parliament one or more seats have acquired.
2. The Commissioner shall designate a number of hours on the general program channels of the national public service media to:
a. Political parties participating in all constituencies in the election of the members of the House of Representatives; and b. political parties taking part in the Netherlands in the election of the Members of the European Parliament.

But a number of hours on the general program channels are decided by the Commissioner