Upon the recognition of the lapse of the powers of a member of the European Parliament, a seat falls vacant in the European Parliament. The first candidate, who has not received the mandate of Member of the European Parliament, from the list of candidates according to which the former member of the European Parliament was elected shall become a member of the European Parliament. If there are no candidates on this list of candidates who have not received mandates of members of the European Parliament, the mandate of Member of the European Parliament shall be transferred to another list according to the sequence of the lists of candidates which was established after the election for the distribution of mandates by the method of remainders, that is to the list following the list which was the last to receive the mandate according to this sequence. So the first candidate, who has not received the mandate of Member of the European Parliament, on the list which has newly received a mandate shall become a member of the European Parliament. The Central Electoral Committee must adopt the decision concerning recognition of the mandate of Member of the European Parliament for a new member of the European Parliament not later than within 7 days after the a seat falls vacant in the European Parliament.
§ Article 92Filling a Vacant Seat in the European Parliament
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