• 1. There shall be a central electoral committee for the election of members of the Senate. The Electoral Council shall act as such.

• 2. The central electoral committee shall hold a meeting to examine the candidate lists.

• 3 If the investigation reveals one or more of the following omissions, the central electoral committee shall immediately notify the person who submitted the list by registered letter or against a dated receipt:

o a. that a declaration as referred to in Article R 2, paragraph 1, has not been submitted for one or more provinces, disregarding the declarations of a member of the Provincial Council who has signed more than one declaration;

o b. that a candidate has not been listed in accordance with the provisions of Article R 6;

o c. that a candidate is missing a declaration that they agree to their nomination on the list for the province or provinces for which this list was submitted;

o d. that a candidate residing outside the European part of the Netherlands lacks the designation of an authorized representative in their declaration of consent;

o e. that a declaration as referred to in Article R 7 is missing.

• 4. No later than the third day after the meeting referred to in the second paragraph, the person who submitted the list may correct the omission or omissions indicated in the notice at the central electoral committee from nine o'clock to seventeen o'clock.

• 5. If the person who submitted the list is unable to attend or is absent, a substitute listed on the list pursuant to Article R 3 will take their place.