1. Documents from the elections are transferred to state archives and can be made available.
1a. Documents from the elections shall be kept for a period of at least 5 years.
2. The minister responsible for culture and national heritage, after seeking opinion of the National Election Commission and the General Director of State Archives, shall determine, by regulation, the means of transmission, storage and retrieval of documents concerning the elections, with particular emphasis on the period, after which they must be transferred to state archives, the need for protection of transmitted and stored materials and data contained therein, and the entities with which such documents can be shared.