(1) At national level, a Central Electoral Bureau is set up, composed of five judges of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, the president and vice-presidents of the Permanent Electoral Authority and 12 representatives, at the most, of political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances, according to the law, as well as a representative appointed by the parliamentary group of the national minorities within the Chamber of Deputies.

(2) The appointment of the five judges shall be done in public session, on the third day from the establishment of the date of the elections, by random draw, by the President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, from among the judges in office thereof. The date, time and place of the public session for the random draw shall be notified in writing to the parliamentary political parties, by the President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, one day prior to the random draw and it shall be made public in the broadcast media and written press. One representative, appointed as such, from each parliamentary political party can be present at the organisation and unfolding of the random draw. The result of the random draw shall be entered in the minutes, signed by the President and the First Assistant-Magistrate of the High Court of Cassation and Justice. The minutes represent the establishment document.

(3) Within 24 hours from the appointment, the appointed judges shall choose from among them, by secret vote, the president of the Central Electoral Bureau and his/her alternate. Within 24 hours from the election of the president of the Central Electoral Bureau, the bureau shall be completed with the president and the vice-presidents of the Permanent Electoral Authority, with a representative from each parliamentary political party and organisation of citizens belonging to the national minorities having its own parliamentary group in both Chambers of the Parliament, as well as with the representative appointed by the parliamentary group of the national minorities within the Chamber of Deputies, notified in writing by them. The drawing up of the list of political parties and organisations of citizens belonging to the national minorities having their own parliamentary group in both Chambers of the Parliament and the setting of the number of MPs thereof are done based on the notification of the Secretaries General of both Chambers of Parliament to the president of the Central Electoral Bureau. The completion of the Central Electoral Bureau shall be recorded in the minutes, which represent the establishment document. In this composition, the Central Electoral Bureau shall fulfil all the powers that are incumbent upon it according to this law.

(4) Within two days from the date the candidatures have remained final, the political parties that are not represented in the Parliament, the political and electoral alliances thereof, which take part in the elections, shall notify, in writing, to the Central Electoral Bureau, the first and last names of their representatives. All notifications sent after this deadline shall be disregarded.

(5) The appointment of the representatives of non-parliamentary political parties, political or electoral alliances thereof in the Central Electoral Bureau shall be done in the decreasing order of the number of candidatures remained final in the electoral constituencies.

(6) If, when appointing the representatives of non-parliamentary political parties, political or electoral alliances thereof, the last seat to be allotted accrues to parties or alliances having filed the same number of candidatures, the appointment of the representatives shall be done, by random draw, by the president of the Central Electoral Bureau, in the presence of the persons delegated by the political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances in question.

(7) The completion of the Central Electoral Bureau with representatives of non-parliamentary political parties, of political alliances and electoral alliances shall be done, within 24 hours from the expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph (4), by the president of the Central Electoral Bureau, in the presence of the bureau’s members and of the persons delegated by the political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances having communicated the representatives. The minutes drawn up by the president concerning the way to appoint representatives is the document ascertaining their capacity as members of the Central Electoral Bureau. (

8) Electoral competitors appointing representatives in the Central Electoral Bureau according to the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) can also appoint alternates thereof. The alternate can replace the respective holder, with the same rights and obligations, only when the latter cannot take part in the meetings of the Central Electoral Bureau.

(9) It is in the composition referred to in paragraph (1) that the Central Electoral Bureau shall adopt, within two days from being set up, the organisation and functioning regulations, to be published in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I, which is mandatory for all electoral bureaus and offices.

(10) The auxiliary technical apparatus of the Central Electoral Bureau shall be ensured by the Permanent Electoral Authority and the Ministry of Interior and the necessary statisticians, by the National Institute of Statistics.