1. Any person whose name appears on the Voters List is eligible to be certified as a candidate,
except if he or she is:

1.1. a public official with special status, based on the law in force on public officials;

1.2. member of the foreign service and diplomatic representative;

1.3. chairperson or a member of the CEC and the Municipal Election Commission;

1.4. official of ECAP;

1.5. deprived by a final court decision, including an ECAC decision, of the right to stand
as a candidate.

2. In addition to the prohibitions from paragraph 1 of this Article, the person whose name appears
in the Voters List does not have the right to run in the elections, if:

2.1. found guilty of a criminal offence by a final court decision in the past three (3) years,
with one or more years of effective imprisonment.

2.2. failed to pay a fine imposed by the ECAP or the CEC; or

2.3. failed to obey an order of the ECAP.

3. The number of the names of the candidates submitted may not be more than ten percent
(10%) of the maximum number of seats to be allocated.

4. If more than the maximum number of candidates is submitted, the CEC shall reduce the
candidate list to bring it into compliance with the provisions of this Article.

5. If a candidate who has been certified by the CEC has or acquires a status that would render
him or her ineligible to be a candidate by reference to the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of
this Article, that person shall be decertified by the CEC and removed from the candidates list of
the relevant political entity.

6. No person who is a member of another elected legislative body may take a seat in the
Kosovo Assembly. An Assembly member who is or becomes a member of another elected
legislative body after taking up his or her seat in the Assembly shall forfeit his or her mandate
in the Assembly.

7. The public official is entitled to run for and be elected to the Assembly of the Republic of
Kosovo in accordance with the conditions defined in the law in force on Public Officials.

8. The CEC shall publish the certified lists of candidates within five (5) days of the certification
and any amendments thereto within five (5) additional days.

9. A candidate may not at the same time stand for office on more than one candidate list of a
political entity, coalition, citizens’ initiative, or run as an independent candidate.

10. The intentional provision of false information pertaining to the implementation of this Article
shall be a separate offence punishable in accordance with the rules of ECAP.

11. At the request of the CEC, competent institutions shall make the necessary verifications
according to this Article.