Article 12, paragraph (1) shall be amended and shall read as follows:
‘Article 12. – (1) With the exception of the case provided in article 9 paragraph (2) point h1), in the case the mandate ceases before the expiry of its normal duration, the local council or the county council, as the case may be, shall adopt in the first common meeting, at the mayor’s proposal, and of that of the president of the county council, respectively, a decision by which the arising situation shall be taken into account and the position of the councillor in case shall be declared vacant.’
