• 1. There is a register of postal voting certificates. This register is managed by the Mayor of The Hague.

• 2. The postal voting certificate or the replacement postal voting certificate is invalid:

o a. for which a replacement postal voting certificate has been issued pursuant to Article M 6b;

o b. for someone who should not be registered as a voter, or who has died before casting their vote;

o c. for whom it has been established that this postal voting certificate or replacement postal voting certificate has been stolen or is otherwise in unlawful circulation.

• 3. No later than the eighth day before polling day, the mayor of The Hague shall draw up an extract from the register of invalid postal voting certificates, which he shall issue to all postal voting stations. Furthermore, the mayor shall issue an extract from the register of valid postal voting certificates, which are expected to be sent to that postal voting station, to each postal voting station whose address is stated on the return envelope referred to in Article M 6, paragraph 1, under b.

• 4. The mayor shall retain the register for three months after a decision has been made on the admission of the elected representatives. He shall then immediately destroy it. A report shall be drawn up of the destruction.

• 5 Articles 16 and 18 of the General Data Protection Regulation do not apply to the processing of personal data by or pursuant to this Article.