• 1. Without prejudice to Articles Ea 3, paragraph 4, and Ea 5, paragraph 4, the Electoral Council shall, with a view to the transparency of the results software, electronically publish in a generally accessible manner prior to each election:

o a. data, including at least technical data, relating to the results software used in that election, and

o b. if the situation referred to in Article Ea 2, paragraph 3, occurs: a description of the central facilities and measures of the Electoral Council referred to in that article.

• 2. The first paragraph may be deviated from if compelling reasons relating to the security of the results software or the central facilities and measures preclude publication.

• 3. The Electoral Council shall prepare a specification for the election results software, clarifying how the provisions of Chapter P relevant to the calculation and determination of the election results are applied in the election results software.

• 4. The Electoral Council shall have the specification reviewed by an expert and independent body and shall finalize the specification and the outcome of the test shall be made publicly available electronically in a generally accessible manner.

• 5. The results software shall contain the functionalities required, in accordance with the specification referred to in the third paragraph, for calculating and determining the election results.

• 6.  The design of the results software shall be designed to prevent accidental or intentional incorrect use thereof.

• 7. Further rules shall be established by general administrative order regarding:

o a. the data referred to in paragraph 1(a) and the manner of publication of that data and the description referred to in paragraph 1(b),

o b. the operation, design, reliability, and security of the results software, and

o c. the design, operation, reliability, and security of the central facilities referred to in Article Ea 2, paragraph 3, and the requirements relating to the measures referred to in that paragraph.