1. Immediately after the completion of the voting process countrywide, and based on the data transmitted by the devices used in the voting centre, the central unit produces a report on the centres where the system failed to function for a part of or the entire voting time, as well as the number of documents read for each voting centre. The reporting format is specified in the normative act of the CEC.

2. After downloading the data from the voting centre’s reading device into the CEC, the central unit produces a report, in case it is found that the data from the same document is registered more than once, as well as it generates specific reports related to them. The format is specified in a normative act of the CEC. The report does not contain details about the identity of individual voters. This report is provided only to the CEC members through the auditors.

3. Access to the central unit is allowed only for the authorized technical staff, the CEC technical auditors, appointed according to article 61 of this Code, and the CEC members, who are provided with the respective access certificates. The CEC technical auditors have full rights to check every action performed in the system, the entry of any data from the electronic memory of each reading device used in the voting centre in the central unit at the CEC, including the methodology for generating the reports specified in this Section. The CEC approves the rules of procedure for the administration of the EVS and the rules for access rights to the system for the persons specified in this Section by at least 5 votes “in favour” of its members.

4. In addition to the auditors appointed in accordance with article 61 of this Code, the CEC may select a company for the external auditing of the system’s security and functioning. The auditing and reporting take place no later than 60 days before the Election Day. The audit report is reviewed by the CEC in a public hearing.

5. The data processed and entered from the devices into the CEC, after the closing of the polls, are retained in the CEC for a period of 6 months from the election date, and are subject to a full audit by the CEC immediately after the declaration of the final result. The auditors present a final report to the CEC on the completed audit within 30 days from the declaration of the final result. If evidence is found during the audit of illegal tampering with the system or of voting more than once, the CEC is obliged to press criminal charges.

6. The data processed and saved in the system are handled according to the legislation on the protection of personal data. The notification of the voter, according to article 52 of this Code, contains also information on the data to be processed from the voter identification document and that the exercising of the right to vote is considered as consent given for such data to be processed by the device.

7. The report compiled according to point 1 of this Section is generated immediately after the closing of the polls countrywide, and is presented to the CEC members by the technical auditors no later than 24 hours from the closing of the polls. One copy of the report is given to the representatives of the electoral subjects at the CEC, upon their request, within 24 hours from the request, and is also posted on the CEC website.