(1) The political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities may choose their own electoral symbols, which they shall communicate to the Central Electoral Bureau within 10 days from the latt er’s establishment.

(2)The political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances or organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections, which have participated in the previous local elections, may keep their electoral symbols, but they must communicate them to the Central Electoral Bureau according to paragraph (1). The electoral symbols used in the previous elections may be used by other political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances or organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections only based on the written consent of those to whom they belonged, respectively of the parties having been part of the original alliance.

(3) Electoral symbols may not be contrary to the rightful order and morality and may not reproduce or combine the national symbols of the Romanian State, of other states, of international bodies, or religious denominations. Political parties that are members of certain international political organisations are an exception, and they may use the symbol of that organisation as such or in a typical combination.

(4) The electoral symbols communicated to the Central Electoral Bureau must clearly distinguish from the ones previously registered, the use of the same graphic symbols being forbidden, whatever the geometric form that includes them may be. The permanent symbol declared upon the registration of the political party or political alliance may be used as an electoral symbol.

(5) At the level of all electoral constituencies, the political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances or organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections, formed at national, respectively at county level, must use the same electoral symbol.

(6) In the case of new electoral symbols, if the same symbol is claimed by several political parties, political alliances or electoral alliances or organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections, the symbol shall be assigned to the political party, political alliance or electoral alliance or organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections that was the first to register that symbol. Unless priority can be established, the president of the Central Electoral Bureau shall draw lots.

(7) The Central Electoral Bureau shall make public the electoral symbols on the next day following the expiry of the deadline stipulated under paragraph (1) and shall communicate them to the prefects by the date the candidatures become final, so that they can be printed on the ballot papers.