(1) The Central Electoral Bureau sees to the carrying into effect of the conditions of substance and form provided for by this law on candidatures, accepts the candidatures which meet such conditions or rejects the candidatures which do not meet the legal conditions.

(2) The admission or rejection of the candidatures by the Central Electoral 12 Bureau shall be carried out by decision within 5 days at the most of their registration.

(3) The Central Electoral Bureau shall draw up statements of poll which register the date and the time of posting the decisions of admission of candidatures or, where appropriate, of rejection.

(4) Candidates may withdraw the candidatures up to the date when the candidatures become final. To this end, they shall make a formal declaration in writing stating the candidature withdrawal. The declaration shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Bureau.

(5) The political parties, the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, and the political alliances or the electoral alliances may withdraw candidatures from the list and may submit other nominations in order to complete the list of candidates up to the time limit for submitting the candidatures. The candidatures may be withdrawn by means of a petition, in writing, signed by the same persons who sign the initial lists of candidates.

(6) In the event of candidature withdrawal or of the demise of the candidate after the time limit for submitting the candidatures, the political parties, the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, and the political alliances or the electoral alliances are not allowed to replace their candidate.

(7) A person shall accept one candidature only. In the event that a person stands as a candidate for several times in the same elections to the European Parliament, his/her nominations shall be null de jure. Nullity shall be established by a decision of the Central Electoral Bureau.*

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