(1) The expenditure for carrying out the electoral operations shall be borne by the state budget.

(2) The premises of the Central Electoral Bureau shall be provided by the Government, that of the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the premises of the county electoral bureaux by the prefects and the presidents of county councils, the premises of the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, as well as of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations by the mayors, together with the prefects, and the premises of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations abroad by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(3) The expenditure for the equipment of the premises of electoral bureaux provided for in paragraph (2) shall be borne by the state budget.

(4) The documents drawn up in the exercise of the electoral rights shall be exempt from the stamp duty.

(5) The Permanent Electoral Authority shall provide the purchase of the computer programs that shall be used by the Central Electoral Bureau for the centralization of the voting results.

(5-1) The National Institute of Statistics shall provide the publication and printing of the minutes determining the election results, at the Autonomous Régie ‘Monitorul Oficial’, the endowment with equipment, computers and consumable office supplies, as well as the training of the staff involved in performing the technical operations determining the election results, in the processing stations organised at the level of the Central Electoral Bureau, of the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad and of the electoral bureaux of the Bucharest Municipality districts for the elections of the President of Romania.

(5-2) The Special Telecommunications Service shall provide the special telephone services, and the voice and data communications services required by the electoral bureaux in the elections of the President of Romania.

(6) The Government shall provide the Permanent Electoral Authority with the necessary sums for the purchase of the computer programs that shall be used by the Central Electoral Bureau for the centralization of the voting results, the necessary sums for covering the expenses incurred by the check of the copies of the permanent electoral rolls and of the tables used in the polling stations, as well as by the electronic filing thereof and of the documents received from the Central Electoral Bureau.

(7) The Government shall provide the Permanent Electoral Authority with the necessary space for the storage of the copies of the permanent electoral rolls and of the tables used in the polling stations, as well as of the other materials resulting from the electoral process, and that shall be kept in the archive of the Authority.