(1) The State Commission

a) reviews and registers the lists of candidates for elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic and for elections to the European Parliament,

b) supervises the readiness of lower-degree electoral commissions to fulfil the tasks hereunder,

c) manages the professional summarising unit in fulfilling the tasks hereunder,

d) checks the funding of political parties,

e) checks election campaign funding and conduct,

f) is a body of appeal against decisions of the Ministry of Interior issued pursuant to special regulations in the matters of funding of political parties and in the matters of election campaign,

g) negotiates the allocation of broadcasting time in TV and radio broadcasting during the election campaign based on the proposal of the broadcaster,

h) determines and publishes interim and total election results,

i) prepares a record of election results,

j) issues credentials to the candidates elected to the National Council of the Slovak Republic and to the European Parliament,

k) announces the accession of a substitute for Member of the European Parliament,

l) informs the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on the accession of a substitute or a failure to exercise the mandate in the case laid down by the Act in special parts,

m) provides guidance for voting results processing,

n) hands over the election documents to the Ministry of Interior for safekeeping,

o) fulfils other tasks pursuant to special parts of this Act and pursuant to special regulations.

(2) In fulfilling the tasks pursuant to this Act and special regulations, the State Commission cooperates with the Ministry of Interior and Statistical Office.

(3) The State Commission provides political parties and candidates with methodical assistance and consulting on the rules of funding of political parties and on the rules of election campaign funding.

(4) On demand, the State Commission shall provide a political party with a position on the rules of funding of political parties and on the rules of election campaign funding. On demand, the State Commission shall provide a candidate with a position on the rules of election campaign funding. The State Commission shall send the position on the request pursuant to the first sentence or the position on the request pursuant to the second sentence within 30 days, and at the time of election campaign, within 15 days from the delivery of the request; at the same time, it shall publish the position at the website of the Ministry of Interior.

(5) The Office

a) fulfils the task of the State Commission’s secretariat,

b) checks the fulfilment of tasks of natural persons and legal persons resulting from the legal regulations regulating the funding of political parties, and the election campaign,

c) fulfils the tasks laid down by special regulations,

d) fulfils other tasks pursuant to instructions from the State Commission.