• 1. The Electoral Council, the municipal executives, the executive boards, and the users shall cooperate in carrying out the tasks assigned to them by or pursuant to this Chapter to achieve reliable and secure use of the results software.

• 2. To promote the reliable and secure use of the results software, the Electoral Council shall establish a cooperation protocol after consultation with: Our Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, an agency that can be considered representative of the municipal executives, and an agency that can be considered representative of the executive boards.

• 3. The cooperation protocol shall, in any case, establish procedures for cases in which:

o a. decentralized facilities or measures as referred to in Article Ea 6, paragraph 1, under a, are not in accordance with the connection regulations;

o b. the user's use of the results software is not in accordance with the user instructions;

o c. there is otherwise a malfunction or impairment of the operation, reliability, or security of the results software, abuse or improper use of access to the results software, or the suspicion or threat thereof.

• 4. The Electoral Council shall publish the cooperation protocol in the Government Gazette. The Electoral Council shall also make the cooperation protocol publicly available electronically before the nomination day in a generally accessible manner.