Powers of the Central Election Commission beyond Art. 57

(1) (Previous text of Art. 354 - SG 21/19, in force from 12.03.2019) Central Election Commission shall:

1. transmit forthwith to the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union a list of the citizens of those Member States who are entered on Part II of the electoral roll, as well as an abstract of the register referred to in Art. 365 Para. 3 herein for the citizens who have registered as candidates;
2. check the circumstances, stated in the declarations of the Bulgarian citizens, submitted in the respective Member State and shall send information within 5 days following receipt of the request for information of the competent authorities of the Member State, of the European Union;
3. Ascertain and declare invalid the registration of candidates who do not satisfy the requirements covered under Art. 364, Para. 1 or 3;
4. strike the registration where:

a) it is established that the candidate does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Art. 351, Para. 1 or 2 herein;
b) the collection of signatures in support of an independent candidate does not conform to the requirements of Art. 367, Para. 1;
c) in the cases provided for by Art. 368, Para. 5;

5. organize and conduct, through the mass communication media or in another appropriate manner, an awareness raising campaign regarding the conditions under which the citizens of another Member State of the European Union may elect and be elected Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria; the awareness raising campaign may commence not later than 15 days before expiry of the respective term from which the rights and obligations of the citizens of another Member State of the European Union arise in connection to the elections;
6. declare the election results and issue certificates to the elected Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria;
7. Promulgate in the State Gazette the results of the elections immediately after their announcement;
8. provide information on the election results to the President of the Republic, to the Chairperson of the National Assembly and to the Prime Minister;

(2) (New - SG 21/19, in force from 12.03.2019) The decisions of the Central Electoral Commission under Para. 1, items 3 and 4 may be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court by the order of Art. 58.