(1) Within 5 days of the bringing to public knowledge of the reference date, the Government shall settle by decision, upon the proposal of the Permanent Electoral Authority and of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, the calendar for carrying out the necessary activities for the election of members from Romania to the European Parliament, the budget and the necessary expenses in view of the preparation, organisation, and conduct of the ballot, the model of the copy of the permanent electoral roll, the model of the special electoral roll, of the copy of the special electoral roll, of the additional electoral roll, of the extract of the additional electoral roll, the model of the supporters’list, the model of stamp of the Central Electoral Bureau, of the county electoral bureau, of the Bucharest Municipality district electoral bureau, of the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, the model of the control stamp of the polling station and the model of the stamp marked “VOTED”, the model of the ballot paper, the model of the sticker stamp, the measures to be taken by the central and local public authorities for the proper organisation and conduct of the elections.
(2) Within 15 days of the bringing to public knowledge of the reference date,the Permanent Electoral Authority shall settle by decision, which shall be published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, the model of the declaration of candidature acceptance, the model of the list of candidates, the model of the application for admission of the independent candidature, the model of application for withdrawal of the candidature, and the model of the certificate of election.
(3) The Permanent Electoral Authority shall inform, in due time and in anappropriate manner, the community voters and the community eligible persons about the terms and modalities of exercising the right to vote and to be elected in Romania.
4) At least 20 days prior to the reference date, the Government shall settle by decision, upon the proposal of the National Statistics Institute, with the advisory opinion of the Permanent Electoral Authority, the model of the statements of poll for the record and centralisation of the voting results.