• 1. If an appointee has not appointed an authorized representative as referred to in Article Pa 13, paragraph 1, the letter containing the notification of their appointment, notwithstanding Article V 1, paragraph 1, shall be sent through the intervention of the Mayor of The Hague via an electronic data processing system in which the addressee has access to the message via a publicly issued means of authentication.

• 2. If the first paragraph applies, the acts referred to in Articles V 2, paragraphs 1, 4, and 5, V 3, W 2, paragraph 1(f), and Xa 3, shall be performed by the appointee by sending a message electronically to the electoral college or the central electoral committee. • 3 By or pursuant to a general administrative measure, further rules may be established regarding the electronic performance of the acts referred to in the first and second paragraphs and the use of the electronic data processing system.