(1) The nomination of candidates shall be made only by the political parties, the political alliances and the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, legally established, as well as by the electoral alliances set up in compliance with the provisions of this law. The lists of candidates for the election of members from Romania to the European Parliament shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Bureau, 60 days at the latest before the reference date. 

(2) The lists of candidates shall be submitted in writing, in 4 samples – oneoriginal sample and 3 copies –, shall be signed by the leadership of the political party, the organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, the political alliance or the electoral alliance or by the persons specially empowered to sign them and contain the surname, first name, first name of the parents, place and date of birth, citizenship, address, political affiliation, occupation and profession of candidates.

(3) The candidates nominated by a political party, a political or an electoralalliance must be part of the party thereof or, where appropriate, of a political party, member of that alliance.

(4) In order to be registered to the Central Electoral Bureau, the lists ofcandidates nominated by the political parties, the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, the political alliances or the electoral alliances shall be accompanied by a list containing at least 200,000 voters. The list of supporters shall be submitted in one sample only.

(5) The list of candidates shall be accompanied by the following documents:

a) a sample of the supporters’ list;

b) a copy of the identity document of each candidate;

c)  the declarations of candidature’s acceptance, drawn up in 4 samples each;the declaration of candidature’s acceptance shall be signed and dated by the candidate, personally, and shall contain the surname, first name, first name of the parents, place and date of birth, citizenship, address, political affiliation, occupation and profession of the candidate, his specific consent to stand as a candidate, as well as the compliance with all the conditions provided by law in order to stand as a candidate;

d) the candidates’declarations of assets and interests referred to in the Annexto Law No. 115/1996, with the subsequent amendments and completions, and in the Annex to Government Decision No. 506/2003, with the subsequent amendments, filled in and signed by candidates, drawn up in two samples each;

e) the candidates’ statements on their own account stating that they workedor they did not work as employees or as collaborators with the State Security, the model of which is provided for in the Annex to Government Emergency Ordinance No. 24/2008 regarding the access to one’s own file and exposure of State Security, approved with amendments and completions by Law No. 293/2008, drawn up in two samples each.

(6) The candidates’ declarations of assets and interests shall be published onthe web page of the Central Electoral Bureau within 48 hours after the candidatures have become final. The candidates’ statements on their own account stating that they worked or they did not work as employees or as collaborators with the State Security shall be put forward, within 24 hours of their registration, to the National Council for the Study of the State Security’s Archives.

(7) Two samples of the list of candidates and of the declarations ofcandidature’s acceptance, certified by the president of the Central Electoral Bureau by affixation of the stamp and signature shall be handed back to the one who submitted them, who is obliged to submit one sample of each to the Bucharest Tribunal.

(8) The lists of candidates for the election of members from Romania to theEuropean Parliament shall be drawn up so as both genders are represented.

(9) The number of candidates on each list may exceed by no more than 10 persons the number of mandates allotted to Romania in the European Parliament.

(10) Each political party, organisation of citizens belonging to nationalminorities, political alliance or electoral alliance standing in the elections to the European Parliament, according to this law, shall submit only one list of candidates.

(11) The non-compliance with the provisions of paragraph (8) shall entailthe nullity of the lists of candidates. Nullity shall be established by a decision of the Central Electoral Bureau.