(1) The electoral bureaux of the polling stations shall be composed of one president, his deputy, who are usually magistrates or other jurists, as well as of 7 representatives of the political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof which participate in the elections. The electoral bureaux of the polling stations cannot work with less than 5 members.

(2) The designation of the presidents of the electoral bureaux of the pollingstations and of their deputies shall be made 10 days at the most before the reference date, by the president of the court, in open meeting announced 48 hours in advance, by drawing of lots, according to the positions, out of magistrates or other jurists from the county or the Bucharest Municipality.

(3) The rolls of magistrates who will participate in the drawing of lots shallbe drawn up by the president of the tribunal, and those of other jurists, by the prefect, together with the president of the tribunal, until 30 days at the latest before the reference date. The rolls shall comprise a number of persons exceeding the necessary by at least 10% as backup at the disposal of the president of the tribunal, for the substitution, in special cases, of the position holders.

(4) On the rolls provided for in paragraph (3) shall be put only the juristswith no political membership who fulfil the conditions provided for in Arti- cle 21 (2).

(5) Should the number of the jurists be insufficient, the roll shall becompleted, upon the proposal of the prefect, with other persons having a good reputation in the locality who are not member of any political party or of any organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities which participate in the elections and who are not relatives up to the fourth level of any of the candidates.

(6) The roll submitted by the prefect shall comprise a number of personsexceeding the necessary by at least 10% as backup at the disposal of the president of the tribunal. The roll shall include: the surnames, first names, addresses, telephone numbers, and signatures of approval of the proposed persons. The roll shall be accompanied by statements on one’s own account of the proposed persons concerning the meeting of the conditions provided for in paragraph (4). (7) The proposals of persons from the roll drawn up by the president of the tribunal and those from the rolls drawn by the prefect must be endorsed by the Permanent Electoral Authority, based on the evaluation of the activity in the previous elections, regardless of their type, as presidents of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations and their deputies, where appropriate. The rolls are submitted to the Permanent Electoral Authority for endorsement, by the prefects, in the layout required by it. The endorsement of the Permanent Electoral Authority shall be notified to the prefects and presidents of tribunals until 5 days at the latest before the designation of the presidents of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations and of their deputies.

(8) Grouping persons on the roll, for drawing of lots, shall be done takinginto consideration the need for their addresses to be as near to the election bureau of the polling station as possible. The result of the drawing of lots shall be recorded in the minutes signed by the president of the county tribunal. The minutes represents the act of investiture.

(9) Within 48 hours at the most from the drawing of lots, the president ofthe tribunal sends to the county electoral bureau or, where appropriate, to the district electoral bureaux the roll of persons designated as presidents of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations and their deputies.

(10) Within two days at the most of the expiry of the time limit providedfor in paragraph (9), the political parties, the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, the political or electoral alliances thereof which participate in the elections shall be bound to notify the county electoral bureau, the district electoral bureau, respectively, in the case of Bucharest Municipality, of the roll of their representatives in the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, in a table including the following: the number of the polling station, the surname, the first name, the personal identification number, the address or residence address and contact details, the telephone number, the fax number or email address, respectively. A political party, an organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, a political or electoral alliance thereof which participate in the elections may have 3 representatives at the most in an electoral bureau of a polling station.

(11) The completion of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations withrepresentatives of political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof shall be made by the president of the county electoral bureau, the president of the electoral bureau of the Bucharest Municipality district, respectively, in the presence of the representatives of political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof in the county electoral bureau or in the electoral bureau of the district in question, within 48 hours of the expiry of the time limit provided for in paragraph (10). The operations of completion of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations may take place during both days and shall be recorded in the minutes which shall represent the acts of investiture. The electoral bureaux of the polling stations shall be deemed to be set up on the date of their completion with the representatives of political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof.

(12) The completion sequence of the electoral bureaux of the pollingstations is the following:

a) during the first stage, the electoral bureaux of the polling stations shallbe completed with one representative submitted by each political party, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliance thereof which participate in the elections and have members in the European Parliament;

b) during the second stage, the electoral bureaux of the polling stations shallbe completed with one representative submitted by each political party, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliance thereof which participate in the elections and has no member in the European Parliament; the designation of their representatives shall be made according to the sequence agreed upon at the completion of the electoral bureau of the county or of the Bucharest Municipality district;

c) to the extent that, according to the sequence agreed upon at the completionof the county electoral bureau, a political organisation of those provided for in point a) or b) has the right to a representative in an electoral bureau, but it didn’t submit any representative to that bureau, for the completion of the electoral bureau in question it shall be taken into consideration the next political organisation of those provided for in point a) or b) which submitted a representative to that bureau.

(13) To the extent that, following the operations provided for in paragraph (12), there are electoral bureaux of the polling stations which couldn’t be completed with the maximum number of members provided for in paragraph (1), their completion shall be made as follows:

a) the completion sequence shall be established by drawing of lots of all political parties, organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof which participate in the elections and which submitted representatives to the electoral bureaux of the polling stations; b) each electoral bureau which couldn’t be completed with the maximum number of members shall be completed in the sequence agreed upon according to point a) with one person which represents the second option of the political organisation to the electoral bureau in question; to the extent that, according to the sequence provided for in point a), a political organisation has the right to a representative to an electoral bureau, but it has no second option to that bureau, for the completion of the electoral bureau in question shall be taken into consideration the next political organisation which has a second option for that bureau;

c) should there still be electoral bureaux of the polling stations which couldn’t be completed with the maximum number of members, the operation provided for in point b) shall be repeated with the persons representing the third option to the electoral bureaux in question.

(14) To the extent that, following the operations provided for in paragraph(13), there still are electoral bureaux of the polling stations which have not at least 5 members, namely president, deputy and 3 members, they shall be completed with persons from the roll submitted by the prefect, provided for in paragraphs (5) and (6).

(15) Upon the written request of the delegates of the political parties,organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, political or electoral alliances thereof which have designated representatives to the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, the president of the county electoral bureau or, where appropriate, of the district electoral bureau provides them with certified copies of the minutes of the completion of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations.

(16) Within two days of the expiry of the time limit for completion of theelectoral bureaux of the polling stations the president of the county electoral bureau or, where appropriate, of the district electoral bureau shall notify the mayors, through the prefects, of the composition of the electoral bureaux of the polling stations under the jurisdiction of their localities.