(1) The ballot papers, either used or unused, the null ones, the electoral rolls used and the necessary stamps for the voting process, the other materials used in the electoral process received by the courts of law from the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad, as applicable, or from the electoral bureaux of the polling stations, the documents received by the Constitutional Court from the Central Electoral Bureau, as well as the lists of supporters found at the Constitutional Court and those received by the Permanent Electoral Authority from the Central Electoral Bureau shall be kept in the archive, separately from the other documents, for 6 months since the publication of the election results in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I.

(2) After the expiry of the time limit provided for in paragraph (1), the courts of law, supported by the institutions of the prefect, the Constitutional Court and the Permanent Electoral Authority respectively shall hand over to the specialised economic operators, based on minutes, for melting, the ballot papers, either used or unused, the null ones, the electoral rolls used, the minutes and the necessary stamps for the voting process, the other materials used in the electoral process, as well as the lists of supporters.

(3) The Permanent Electoral Authority shall ensure the electronic archiving of the documents received from the Central Electoral Bureau by an electronic archiving service provider, according to Law no. 135/2007, then shall hand over, for melting, to the specialized economic operators, the materials and documents received from the Central Electoral Bureau.

(4) The lists of supporters from the previous elections for the President of Romania shall be handed over by the High Court of Cassation and Justice to the specialized economic operators, for melting.

(5) After the printing of the permanent electoral rolls by the mayors, according to Article 7, any other copies of the permanent electoral rolls found at the town halls shall be handed over for melting to the specialized economic operators.