§ Electoral Code art. 25General tasks of the Central Electoral Commission

General tasks of the Central Electoral Commission
As a specialised electoral body, the Central Electoral Commission shall:
a) study how elections are organised and conducted with a view to fine-tuning
legislative acts and electoral procedures;
b) submit proposals to the Government and Parliament as to whether changes to the
electoral law should be made;
c) draw up and approve regulations and instructions to improve electoral procedures;
d) draw up and issue opinions on draft legislative acts submitted for approval to the
Central Electoral Commission by other public authorities, as well as opinions on complaints
concerning constitutional review of legislative acts in the electoral field;
e) prepare and approve annual work plans, strategic plans and reports on activities
carried out in accordance with established work plans;
f) adopt development strategies ensuring the setting of objectives in its field of activity;
g) draw up and approve activity reports, publish them on its official page;
h) maintain and manage the State Automated Information System ‘Elections’, draw up
and approve the legislation on the operation of the IT subsystems, which are integral parts
thereof;
i) set up second-level electoral constituency councils with permanent status and
appoint the presidents of such councils in accordance with this Code and Law No 158/2008
on the civil service and the status of public officials;
j) implement electoral and civic education programmes, including through the Centre
for Continuous Electoral Training;
k) prepare programmes to inform voters, including during the electoral period;
l) provide media outlets with information on the conduct and organisation of elections
(referenda) and ensure the transparency of the electoral procedures conducted;
m) provide stakeholder consultations on the conduct of election and civic education
activities;
n) organise, by means of the Centre for Continuous Electoral Training, specialised
training for electoral officials and other subjects involved in the electoral process, at their
request;
o) describe the procedure for the attestation/certification of electoral knowledge and
competence by the Centre for Continuous Electoral Training, approving a regulation to that
effect;
p) carry out post-election analyses following the conduct of national elections,
including through public events, with a view to identifying regulatory or other shortcomings,
and analyse electoral fraud, including alleged fraud, take measures to prevent and/or remove
them, formulate conclusions and recommendations in this regard and forward them to those
in charge of implementing them;
q) initiate the procedure for validating a mandate of Member of Parliament in the event
of vacancy for the position of Member of Parliament, in accordance with the procedure laid
down in this Code;
r) remove or declare vacant the mandate of local councillor in the cases established
by Law No 768/2000 on the status of local authority, Law No 436/2006 on local public
administration and other related legislative acts;
s) assign the mandate of an councillor in the event it becomes vacant, in accordance
with the rules approved by decision of the Central Electoral Commission;
t) find infringements and draw up reports of infringements under the conditions of the
Code of Criminal Offences;
u) apply or request the application of sanctions, laid down in this Code, Law No
294/2007 on political parties and other related legislative acts, for infringement of electoral
law, and refer matters to the competent bodies for offences punishable by administrative or
criminal liability;
v) work with international governmental and non-governmental organisations, with the
electoral authorities of other states in order to exchange experience and identify best practices
in the electoral field;
w) participate in regional and international electoral associations and decide on their
membership and payments related to their participation and/or registration;
x) have the right to access information held by public authorities at all levels and state
registers, as well as data held by private institutions and licensed banks, including personal
data, in compliance with legislation on the protection of personal data.
y) process personal data as controller, in accordance with Law No 133/2011 on the
protection of personal data.