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Article 14
 

(1) The composition of the Central Electoral Bureau shall consist of 5 judges of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, the president and the vice-presidents of the Permanent Electoral Authority, 10 representatives at the most of the political parties, of the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, of their political 15 or electoral alliances thereof who take part in the elections.*


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


(2) The appointment of the 5 judges shall be pursued by the president of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, in open meeting, within 5 days of the setting of the reference date, by drawing lots, from among the sitting judges of the Court. The date of the open meeting for the drawing of lots shall be communicated in writing, by the president of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, two days before the meeting, to the political parties, as well as to the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities that have members in the European Parliament, and it shall be made public in the media.*


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


(3) In the organisation and the conduct of the drawing of lots one representative each is allowed to participate, appointed as such, of each political party, and of each organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities that have members in the European Parliament. The result of the drawing of lots shall be recorded in a minute signed by the president and the junior first-judge of the High Court of Cassation and Justice.


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


(4) Within 24 hours of the nomination, the appointed judges shall elect from among them, by secret ballot, the president of the Central Electoral Bureau and his deputy. Within 24 hours of the appointment of the president of the Central Electoral Bureau, in the composition of the Central Electoral Bureau shall enter the president and the vice-presidents of the Permanent Electoral Authority, as well as one representative of each political party, and of each organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities that have members in the European Parliament. The Permanent Electoral Authority shall communicate to the president of the Central Electoral Bureau, as soon as he/she is appointed, the list of political parties and organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities that have members in the European Parliament.


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


(5) The setting up of the Central Electoral Bureau shall be recorded in a minute, which represents the appointment document. In this composition, the Central Electoral Bureau shall carry out all the duties that are incumbent to it, according to this law.*


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


(6) Within two days of the date up to which candidatures become final, each political party, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliance thereof participating in the elections and having no members in the European Parliament shall communicate in writing to the Central Electoral Bureau the full name of their representative. The notifications transmitted after this time limit shall not be taken into account. The appointment of the nominated representatives in the Central Electoral Bureau shall be made by drawing lots, within 24 hours of the expiry of 16 the time limit allowed to the notifications, by the president of the Central Electoral Bureau, in the presence of the bureau members and of the persons delegated by the political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political and electoral alliances thereof, that communicated the representatives thereof. (7) The Central Electoral Bureau functions at the level of the national constituency and uses, as working apparatus, specialised personnel within the Ministry of Administration and Interior, of the Permanent Electoral Authority, and of the National Statistics Institute.*


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*Amended by G.E.O. no. 1/2007.


(8) The Central Electoral Bureau, with the composition referred to in paragraph (4), shall adopt, within 2 days of its setting up, an organisation and functioning regulation, which shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, and which shall be compulsory for all the electoral bureaux.*


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*Amended by G.E.O. no. 1/2007.