Immediately after receipt of the candidate list, the competent election commission shall establish if it was submitted within the set time-limit and if it was compiled in conformity with this Law.

If the competent election commission establishes that the candidate list was not submitted in a timely manner, it shall issue a decision dismissing the candidate list.

If the competent election commission finds that the candidate list contains certain shortcomings, it shall pass, within 48 hours of receipt of the candidate list, a conclusion ordering the list submitting entity to eliminate those shortcomings, at the latest within 48 hours of the conclusion's delivery.

The conclusion shall indicate to the submitting entity the actions it needs to perform in view of eliminating shortcomings.

If the competent election commission finds that the candidate list shortcomings have not been eliminated or that they have not been eliminated within the prescribed time-limit, it shall pass, during the next 24 hours, a decision rejecting to publish that candidate list.