(1) The Central Electoral Bureau sees to the enforcing of the conditions of substance and form provided for in this law with respect to candidatures, accepts the candidatures which meet such conditions or rejects the candidatures which do not meet the legal conditions.

(2) The admission or rejection of the candidatures by the CentralElectoral Bureau shall be carried out by decision, within 10 days of their registration.***

(3) The Central Electoral Bureau shall draw up minutes which register thedate and the time of posting the decisions of admission of candidatures or, as appropriate, of rejection.

(4) Candidates may withdraw the candidatures up to the date when thecandidatures become final. To that end, they shall make a statement on one’s own account in writing stating the candidature’s withdrawal. The declaration shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Bureau.

(5) The political parties, the organisations of citizens belonging to nationalminorities, and the political alliances or the electoral alliances may withdraw candidatures from the list and may submit other nominations in order to complete the list of candidates up to the time limit for submitting the candidatures. The candidatures may be withdrawn by means of a written application, signed by the same persons who signed the initial lists of candidates.

(6) In the event of a candidature’s withdrawal or of the demise of thecandidate after the time limit for submitting the candidatures, the political parties, the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, and the political alliances or the electoral alliances are not allowed to replace their candidate.

(7) A person shall accept only one candidature. In the event that a person stands as a candidate for several times in the same elections to the European Parliament, his/her nominations shall be null de jure. Nullity shall be established by a decision of the Central Electoral Bureau.

*** Amended by G.E.O. No. 4/2014.