(1) Recommendations shall be verified within four days from the notification of the candidate.

(2) The election office shall refrain from verifying recommendations if the number of recommendations on the submitted recommendation sheets does not reach the limit required for being a candidate.

(3) Once it is established that the number of valid recommendations has reached the limit required for being a candidate, the detailed verification of recommendations may be discontinued.

(4) The election office shall inform the election commission competent to register the candidate concerned and, if so requested, the candidate and the nominating organisation of the result of the verification of recommendations.