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Article 70
 

(1) The used or unused ballot papers, the null ones, the statements of the vote, and the stamps necessary to the voting process, received by the courts of law from the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, as the case may be, or from the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, the documents received by the Constitutional Court from the Central electoral Bureau, as well as the lists of supporters found at the Constitutional Court, and those received by the Permanent Electoral Authority from the Central Electoral Bureau shall be kept in the archive, separately from the other documents, for 3 months since the publication of the election results in the Official Journal of Romania, Part I.


(2) After the expiry of the time limit referred to in paragraph (1), the courts of law, supported by the prefect’s institutions, the Constitutional Court and the Permanent Electoral Authority respectively, shall hand over, on the basis of a written report, to the specialized economic agents, for melting, the used or unused ballot papers, the null ones, the statements of the vote and the stamps necessary to the voting process, the other materials used in the electoral process, as well as the lists of supporters.


(3) The Permanent Electoral Authority shall ensure the electronic filing of the documents received from the Central Electoral Bureau by an electronic filing service provider, according to Law no.135/2007, then shall hand over, for melting, to the specialized economic agents, the materials and documents received from the Central Electoral Bureau.


(4) The lists of supporters from the previous election for the President of Romania shall be handed over by the High Court of Cassation and Justice to the specialized economic agents, for melting.


(5) Upon receipt of the permanent electoral rolls by the town halls and courts of law, according to Art. 7, any other copies of the permanent electoral rolls found at the town halls and courts of law shall be handed over to the specialized economic agents, for melting.