- (1) Within 5 days at the most of the bringing to public knowledge of the reference date, the Government shall settle by decision, upon the proposal of the Permanent Electoral Authority and of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, the calendar for carrying out the necessary activities for the election of members from Romania to the European Parliament, the budget and the necessary expenses in view of the preparation, organisation, and conduct of the poll, the model of the copy of the permanent electoral roll, the model of the copy of the special electoral roll, of the additional electoral roll, of the extract of the additional electoral roll, the model of the supporters’ list, the model of stamp of the Central Electoral Bureau, of the county 46 electoral bureau, of the Bucharest Municipality district electoral bureau, of the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, the model of the control stamp of the polling station and the model of the stamp with the specification “VOTED”, the model of the ballot paper, the model of the self-adhesive stamp, the measures to be taken by the central and local public authorities for the organisation and conduct of the elections in good conditions.

(2) Within 15 days at the most of the bringing to public knowledge of the reference date, the Permanent Electoral Authority shall settle by decision which is to be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, the model of the declaration of candidature acceptance, the model of the list of candidates, the model of the application of the independent candidature admission, the model of application for candidature withdrawal, and the model of the certificate which attests the election.

(3) The Permanent Electoral Authority shall inform in due time and in an appropriate manner the Community voters and the Community eligible persons upon the terms and modalities of exercising the right to vote and to be elected in Romania.

(4) Within at least 20 days prior to the reference date, the Government shall settle by decision, upon the proposal of the National Statistics Institute, with the advisory opinion of the Permanent Electoral Authority the model of the statements of poll for the record and centralisation of the voting results.* ______________

*Introduced by G.E.O. no. 1/2007 and amended by G.E.O. no. 11/2009.