(1) The Permanent Electoral Authority shall have its own specialised apparatus.

(2) The organisation and functioning of the Permanent Electoral Authority’s own specialised apparatus, the number of positions, the personnel’s statute, their duties, and the organisational structure shall be established by the regulations of organisation and functioning approved by decision of the permanent bureaux of the two Chambers of the Parliament, at the suggestion of the Permanent Electoral Authority. The personnel of the Permanent Electoral Authority shall enjoy the same status as the personnel of the two Chambers of the Parliament. In the organisation and functioning of its own apparatus, the provisions of article XVI of Title III of book II of Law no. 161/2003 regarding some measures for ensuring transparency in exercising public dignities, public offices, and in the business environment, the prevention and sanctioning of corruption, with subsequent amendments and additions, shall not apply.

(3) The Permanent Electoral Authority may have regional subsidiaries in each of the regions of development. The setting up of regional subsidiaries, the number of positions, their duties and relationships to the Permanent Electoral Authority shall be set by the regulations of organisation and functioning of the latter.

(4) The wage system for the personnel of the Permanent Electoral Authority’s specialised apparatus shall be established at the level provided for by law for the personnel employed in the apparatus of the two Chambers of the Parliament.