Under the Draft Law, the CSAO branch in charge of general administration affairs would be responsible for supervision of the implementation of the law (Article 43). The competent bodies (in the counties and in the City of Zagreb) would be considered “keepers of personal data collection”, subject to regulation of personal data protection (Article 5). The Voter Lists would be kept electronically. During the preparation stage of the recent Law on the State Election Commission of Croatia, it was proposed to transfer the monitoring of voter list maintenance to the SEC, as suggested in prior Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR opinions (e.g. in Doc. CDL-AD(2006)12). This would call for a major reorganisation of SEC staff and facilities. However, that course has not been taken, and the regime under the Draft Law must be considered acceptable.
