(1) The Republic Electoral Commission shall:

1) ensure the lawful conduct of the elections,

2) organize technical preparation for the elections,

3) monitor the application of, and provide explanations concerning the application of this Law, particularly concerning the conduct of the voting abroad,

4) establish uniform standards for the election materials,

5) prescribe the forms and rules for carrying out the electoral procedures under this Law,

6) determine the type of the spray referred to in Article 68, paragraph 4 of this Law,

7) determine and publish in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia” the number and address of the polling stations, not later than 20 days before the date envisaged for the elections,

8) Establish the polling boards and appoint the chairpersons and members of the polling boards,

9) determine the number of ballot papers for each polling station, verify them and submit them recorded in minutes together with the certified extract from the electoral roll to the polling boards,

10) determine the election documents to be communicated to it,

11) establish whether the electoral list has been compiled and submitted in accordance with this Law and proclaim it,

12) Adopt a Decision on proclamation of the general electoral list,

13) determine the manner of keeping and handling the election material,

14) establish and publish the election results,

15) determine the number of mandates belonging to each electoral list,

16) submit a report to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia on the conducted elections,

17) submit data to the authorities responsible for gathering and processing the statistical data,

18) perform other duties stipulated by this Law.

(2) The Republic Electoral Commission shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

(3) The Republic Electoral Commission shall make the forms referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article available to participants in the elections within five days from the date of calling the elections.