1.Observers of the organisations referred to in part 1 of Article 30 of this Code shall carry out their mission after being accredited to the Central Electoral Commission.  

2.Applications on accreditation shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission after the date of calling elections, but no later than 10 days before the voting day, through the website of the Commission.In case of approving the application on accreditation, the Central Electoral Commission shall provide to the organisation a user account on the website of the Commission, which may be restored before each election. The applications on making changes (supplements) to the list of accredited observers shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission no later than 3 days before the voting day.  

When submitting an application on accreditation, non-governmental organisations registered in the Republic of Armenia shall submit the code of conduct for their observers, which must be in line with the international principles for election observation and the regulations of this Code.  

Non-governmental organisations may be accredited and carry out observation mission jointly. Organisations engaged in observation mission and acting jointly shall act under a common name. In case of joint observation the non-governmental organisations shall submit joint application on accreditation and joint list of observers. Where one of the non-governmental organisations having submitted an application for carrying out a joint observation mission does not comply with the requirements of this Code, the application on joint observation mission shall be rejected only with respect to the part concerning that organisation. If in the result of rejection of the application only one non-governmental organisation complies with the requirements of this Code, that non-governmental organisation shall be accredited as an organisation carrying out a separate observation mission.  

Non-governmental organisations referred to in this part shall organise and hold for their observers trainings on electoral legislation and on the code of conduct for observers of the organisation.  

The application for accreditation must containan indication on the adoption of and training on the code of conduct for observers of the organisation. 

3.The certificates issued to observers shall be automatically generated on the website of the Commission and be immediately made available to the organisation for downloading and printing. 

4.The Central Electoral Commission shall reject the application on accreditation of observers, where the charter objectives of the organisation do not meet the requirements of points 1 and 2 of part 1 of Article 30 of this Code, or the application has been submitted in violation of the time limits prescribed by part 2 of this Article or where the submitted documents do not comply with the requirements of the decision of the Central Electoral Commission prescribed by part 9 of this Article, or the application does not contain an indication on the adoption of or training on the code of conduct for observers of the organisation or any member of the governing body of that organisation, except for the members of the Meeting, runs in the elections with the status of a candidate.  

5.In case an observer supports any candidate, political party running in elections, as well as violates the requirements of this Code in such a way that essentially hinders the smooth operation of the electoral commission or the smooth voting process, the chairperson of the electoral commission may remove the observer from the sitting of the commission, and from the polling station on the voting day, upon a decision adopted by at least 2/3 of the votes of the total number of members of the electoral commission. 

6.Powers of observers shall terminate on the 8th day following the official announcement of election results, unless an appeal has been lodged with the court against the election results. In case of lodging an appeal with the court against the election results, the powers of observers shall cease on the day following the date of announcement of the judicial act, unless second round of the election or repeat voting is called. In case of the second round of the election or repeat voting, accreditation of observers shall not be required again but changes (supplements) to the list of accredited observers shall be allowed in the manner and within the time limit prescribed by part 2 of this Article. 

7.Certificates for visitors shall be issued by the Central Electoral Commission on the basis of applications submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. 

8.Representatives of a legal person or a natural person being an individual entrepreneur carrying out media activities (hereinafter referred to as “the mass media representatives”) may, on the voting day, conduct coverage of elections and voting after being accredited to the Central Electoral Commission. The entity carrying out media activities may accredit its representatives, if it has been disseminating on its behalf mass media for at least one year. The 1-year limitation shall not apply where the entity carrying out media activities disseminates mass media through terrestrial on-air broadcasting. 

Mass media shall, through the website of the Commission, submit the application on accreditation to the Central Electoral Commission after the day of calling elections, but no later than 10 days before the voting day. In case of approving the application on accreditation, the Central Electoral Commission shall provide to the mass media organisation a user account, which may be restored before each election. The list of mass media representatives may be amended until 3 days before the voting day. 

The certificates issued to mass media representatives shall be automatically generated on the website of the Commission and be immediately made available to the mass media organisation for downloading and printing. 

The Central Electoral Commission shall reject the application on accreditation of the mass media representatives, where it does not meet the requirements of this Article, or the submitted documents do not comply with the requirements of the decision of the Central Electoral Commission as prescribed by part 9 of this Article. 

In case the mass media representative violates the requirements of this Code in such a way that essentially hinders the smooth operation of the electoral commission or the smooth voting process, such representative may be removed from the sitting of the commission, and from the polling station on the voting day, upon a decision adopted by at least 2/3 of the votes of the total number of members of the electoral commission. 

9.The procedure for accreditation of observers, mass media representatives, the electronic forms of documents required for accreditation and the procedure for the submission thereof through the website of the Commission, forms of certificates for observers, mass media representatives and visitors shall be prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.