(1) The Permanent Electoral Authority has its own specialised apparatus, within which functions a central structure and territorial structures. Within the central structure of the specialized apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority there are departments divided into the following main fields of activity:
a)legislation, electoral litigation, relations with Parliament and the European Union;
b)IT development of electoral processes;
c)control of the financing of political parties and electoral campaigns;
d)electoral logistics;
e)coordination and monitoring of activities in the territory;
f)support of electoral bodies;
g)international cooperation.
(11) Beside the departments referred to in paragraph (1), within the central structure of the specialized apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority are organized functional compartments with support role in the financial, legal, administrative, registry, internal audit and protection of classified information, at the level of general directorate, directorate, service, office or compartment, where appropriate.
(12) Within the structures provided for in paragraphs (1) and (11) can be organized directorates, services, offices or compartments with related duties.
(13) Within the central structure of the specialized apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority can be established, through the organization and functioning regulation, up to 3 positions of permanent representative to international organizations, which activate in the field of competence of the Permanent Electoral Authority, paid at the level of the parliamentary civil service of general director.
(2)The organisation and functioning of the apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority, the number of staff, the statute of its staff, its powers and structure are established by the internal regulations for its organisation and functioning, approved through bylaw of the permanent bureaus of the two Chambers of Parliament, upon proposal by the Permanent Electoral Authority. The staff of the Permanent Electoral Authority has the same statute as the staff of the apparatus of the two Chambers of Parliament. The offices of dignitaries are organised based on the provisions of Government Ordinance No. 32/1998 for the organisation of offices of dignitaries in the central public administration, approved as amended by Law No. 760/2001, as subsequently amended and supplemented, for the minister and, respectively, for the State Secretary. The provisions of Article XVI of Title III of Book II of Law No. 161/2003 on certain measures to ensure transparency in carrying out public dignities, public offices and in the business environment, the prevention and sanctioning of corruption, as subsequently amended and supplemented and those of Article III of Government Emergency Ordinance No. 229/2008 concerning certain measures for expenditure reduction at the level of public administration, as approved by Law No. 144/2009, do not apply to the organisation and functioning of its own apparatus.
(3)Repealed.
(4)The staff of the specialised apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority are paid at the level set by law for the staff of the apparatus of the two Chambers of Parliament.

(5)All the staff receive bonuses or other supplements to the salaries established according to law, calculated based on the monthly gross basic salary or on the classification allowance specific to the position held. By staff of the Permanent Electoral Authority we understand the staff paid and indemnified, appointed according to law.
(6)The provisions of Law No. 7/2006 on the statute of parliamentary civil servants, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented, shall apply accordingly to the staff of the specialised apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority.
(7)The President of the Permanent Electoral Authority shall appoint, promote, dismiss or revoke from office the staff of the specialised apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority, according to law.
(8)The staff of the specialised apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority having the statute of high-ranking parliamentary civil servants shall be appointed by contest, examination or modification of service relations, where appropriate, upon the approval of the joint permanent bureaus of the two Chambers of Parliament. The persons holding public dignities and those holding public offices corresponding to the category of high-ranking civil servants, who do not have their domicile or a personal home in the Municipality of Bucharest, shall receive a travel allowance, as set through the internal regulations for the organisation and functioning of the Permanent Electoral Authority.
(9)The staff of the specialised apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority having the statute of parliamentary civil servant cannot be members of any political party or faction.
(10)The executive and management positions within the specialized apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority shall be filled in by contest, examination, appointment or modification of service or work relations, where appropriate, under the law and the organization and functioning regulations of the Permanent Electoral Authority. The conditions of studies and seniority in the specialty of studies, as well as the specific conditions for filling in the positions within the specialized apparatus of the Permanent Electoral Authority are established, under the law, by the regulation of organization and functioning of the Permanent Electoral Authority.
(11)Repealed.
(12)Repealed.
(13)Repealed.
(14)Repealed.
(15)Repealed.
(16)The assent referred to in paragraph (8) is advisory, which must be requested no later than 5 days from the date of completion of the examination or contest, where appropriate. The opinion referred to in paragraph (8) shall be issued within 15 days from the date of receipt of the request of the Permanent Electoral Authority.