Central Electoral Commission

1. The Central Electoral Commission shall be the permanent supreme state institution in charge of organising and holding elections and referendums.

2. The Central Electoral Commission shall be the coordinating authority for the implementation of Articles 20(1) and 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788, the contact point as set out in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788, as well as the national contact point as set out in Article 2(10) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014.

3. The Central Electoral Commission shall be a budgetary institution maintained from the state budget, bear a seal depicting the national coat of arms of Lithuania encircled by the words ‘Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania’, and have accounts in the banks of the Republic of Lithuania.

4. The Central Electoral Commission shall have a seat in Vilnius.