Competencies of the Regulator

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

1. The Regulator shall examine and approve draft acts of a normative nature, as drafted by the CEC administration or by its members, on:

a) detailed rules on the organization and management of elections and referenda, duties of the election administration, and procedures applicable in elections; 

b) rules and instructions on the consolidation and improvement of electoral practices, as well as on the activity of public institutions in the service of elections;

c) rules on reporting activities of a public nature conducted by public institutions, agencies and/or state enterprises, categories of activities prohibited during the campaign, as well the CEC procedure on the prohibition enforcement;

ç) rules on the media monitoring methodology, on the report examination procedure, and on imposing reprimanding or punitive measures;

d) rules on Regulator’s meetings and rules on CSC’s hearings; 

dh) rules on the registration of out-of-country voters, their voting procedures, on the administration and counting of out-of-country votes and their inclusion in the overall result of Assembly elections;

e) type and technical specifications of information technology systems or equipment that are procured and used in elections in the Republic of Albania;

ë) rules on the use of information technology systems or equipment necessary to ensure their lawful, regular, transparent, efficient, and sustainable use;

f) rules on the financial reporting of electoral subjects, role and responsibilities of financial officers of electoral subjects, their independent monitoring and audit, and administrative investigation of information, requests, proposals, complaints or reports on violations related to campaign funding or expenditures;

g) rules on supply and administration of electoral materials; 

gj) manuals or handbooks assisting the electoral administration, electoral subjects, and voters;

h) service fees of public institutions and bodies on the organisation and management of election processes, when entrusted this duty by the law.

2. The regulator shall examine and approve draft acts prepared by the CEC administration on:

a) boundaries of electoral administration zones, in compliance with this law;

b) number of mandates for each electoral zone in the Assembly elections;

c) use of information technology systems or equipment to cover specific aspects or procedures of the election process or their decommissioning;

ç) organisation of out-of-country voting for the first time, based on the Commissioner’s reporting on the technical-organisational measures accomplished to enable the voting;

d) final election result at a national level, in accordance with this law.

3. Decisions shall be the fundamental administrative acts of the Regulator in discharging its duties. Decisions shall be taken when at least four members vote in favour, except for decisions under letters ‘b’ and ‘d’ of point 2 of this Article, which shall be approved by simple majority.