1. No official records of a VCC, CEAZ or any other electoral commission may be destroyed without the prior consent of the CEC.

2. All official records of a VCC or any other commission established by the CEAZ shall be given to the CEAZ in the manner and at the time established by the CEC.

3. The CEAZ retains one copy of:

a) the documentation of candidates and political parties taking part in the election;
b) the list of names and addresses of all members of a VCC and other commissions;
c) the list of voting centres;
ç) the voter lists for the electoral zone;
d) the names and addresses for all members of the CEAZ;
dh) the map of the electoral zone showing the boundaries of all polling units;
e) a written description of the boundaries of all the Electoral Administration Zones;
ë) the decree setting the election date, official election notices issued by the CEAZ, the declaration of election results for each voting centre and the final declaration of results;
f) a statement of the costs incurred for the administration of the elections.

4. The original documents, referred to in point 3 of this article, shall be forwarded to the CEC within three months from the declaration of the election results. The CEC shall retain one copy and shall forward the original documents to the Central State Archives, in the manner required by it, within 24 months after the declaration of the final results of the elections.

5. Immediately following the declaration of results by the CEAZ, the commission shall forward to the CEC, in the manner specified by it, all sealed ballot boxes with the official records of voting, the stamp of the commission, ballot papers used in the election, as well as unused ballot papers.

6. Six months following the declaration of the final result of elections, in accordance with this Code, the CEC opens all ballot boxes, removes the official records of voting, the tabulations and ballot account statements, the documentation that is put inside the boxes of voting materials and sends them to the Central State Archives in the manner specified by it. All ballot papers are destroyed in the manner specified by the CEC.