Complaints and Sanctions Commission

(amended by Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. The Complaints and Sanctions Commission (CSC) shall be composed of 5 members who are elected by the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for a 9-year mandate, in accordance with the procedures determined in this law.

2. The right to run or be proposed for commissioner shall be enjoyed by Albanian citizens from the ranks of former judges, former advisors of the Constitutional Court or of the High Court, former CEC members, former senior management officers or freelance legal experts with experience in administrative adjudication.

3. The selection of CSC members shall be made on the grounds of previous successful experience with the examination and resolution of disputes, demonstrated or proved lawfulness during the exercise of duties or functions, and public reputation of the candidate. Documents or references proving the success and lawfulness of the candidate during the exercise of duty must extend across a continued 3-year period of activity at least.

4. Persons running or proposed for CSC members shall not be included in the list of candidates to be voted upon in the event they, at the time of candidacy, are exercising the duty of judge, advisor of the Constitutional Court or of the High Court, CEC member or senior management officer, or in the event the competent Assembly committee develops the conviction they interrupted their working relationship for the purpose of the candidacy or proposal for CSC member.

5. Persons running or proposed for CSC member shall not be included in the list of candidates to be voted by the Assembly if they are active members of any political party, or if they have obvious or known private interests whose fulfilment depends on the central or local level government.

6. Functioning of the CSC and the case examination procedures shall be determined in the CSC hearing rules.

7. CSC members shall be subject to the provisions of the legislation in force on conflict of interest.