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Article 16
 

1. The CEC staff shall ensure organisational, legal, and technical support of elections and referenda.


2. The CEC regulations shall determine the structure, rules of operation, and powers of the CEC staff.


3. An Electoral Administration officer (except for the commission members appointed by a party as defined in this Law) shall have limited involvement in party activities.


4. The CEC staff may not employ those who do not hold certificates of an Electoral Administration officer issued by the CEC, except for assisting and technical personnel, as well as office employees from the agencies, the activities of which are not directly linked with the electoral procedures. The CEC shall determine by decree the list of such agencies and personnel.


[4. A person may not be employed by the CEC staff if he/she does not have a certificate of a public servant and a certificate of an electoral administration officer granted by the CEC, except for a person employed under a labour contract. The CEC shall, by decree, define the list of agencies and employees on the staff list whose activities are not directly linked with the electoral procedures and who are not required to have a certificate of an electoral administration officer granted by the CEC. (Shall become effective from 1 January 2017)]