- (1) The nomination of candidates shall be made only by the political parties, the political alliances and the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, duly established, as well as by the electoral alliances set up in compliance with the terms of this law. The lists of candidates for the election of members from Romania to the European Parliament shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Bureau 60 days at the latest before the reference date.

(2) The lists of candidates shall be submitted in writing in 4 samples, original and 3 copies, shall be signed by the leadership of the political party, the organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, the political alliance or the electoral alliance or by the persons specially empowered to sign them and contain the full name, first name of parents, place and date of birth, citizenship, address, political affiliation, occupation and profession of candidates.

(3) The candidates nominated by a political party, a political or an electoral alliance must be part of the party thereof or, where appropriate, a political party, a member of that alliance.

(4) In order to be registered with the Central Electoral Bureau, the lists of candidates nominated by the political parties, the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, the political alliances or the electoral alliances shall be accompanied by a list containing at least 200,000 voters. The list of supporters shall be submitted in one sample only.

(5) The list of candidates shall be accompanied by the following documents:

a) a sample of the supporters’ list;

b) a copy of the identity document of each candidate;

c) the declarations of candidature acceptance, drawn up in 4 samples each; the declaration of candidature acceptance shall be signed and dated by the candidate, personally, and shall contain the full name, first name of parents, place and date of birth, citizenship, address, political affiliation, occupation and profession of candidate, his specific consent to stand as a candidate, as well as the compliance with all the conditions referred to by law.

d) the candidates’ statements of wealth and interest referred to in the Annex to Law no. 115/1996, with the subsequent amendments, and in the Annex to Government Decision no. 506/2003, with the subsequent amendments, filled in and signed by candidates, drawn up in two samples each.

e) the candidates’ formal declarations stating that they had or they did not have the capacity as employees or as collaborators with the State Security, the model of which is provided for in the Annex to Government Emergency Ordinance no. 24/2008 with regard to the access to one’s own file and discovery of Security, approved with amendments and completions by Law no. 293/2008, drawn up in two samples each.

(6) The candidates’ statements of wealth and interest shall be published on the web page of the Central Electoral Bureau within 48 hours of the finalization of the candidatures. The candidates’ formal declarations stating that they had or they did not have the capacity as employees or as collaborators with the State Security shall be put forward within 24 hours of their registration to the National Council for the Study of the Security’s Archives.

(7) Two samples of the list of candidates and of the declarations of candidature acceptance, certified by the president of the Central Electoral Bureau by stamp and 11 signature shall be handed back to the one who submitted them, who is obliged to submit one sample of each to the Bucharest Tribunal.

(8) The lists of candidates from Romania for the elections to the European Parliament shall be drawn up so as both genders are represented.

(9) The number of candidates on each of the lists may not exceed more than 10% of the number of mandates for Romania in the European Parliament.

(10) Each political party, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, political alliance or electoral alliance standing in the elections to the European Parliament, according to this law, may submit one list of candidates only.

(11) The non-compliance with the provisions of paragraph (8) shall entail the nullity of the lists of candidates. Nullity shall be established by a decision of the Central Electoral Bureau.

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*Amended by G.E.O. no. 11/2009.