(1) The candidature proposal or the application to stand as an independent candidate of a citizen of a Member State of the European Union, other than Romania, must be accompanied, beside the documents provided for in Article 16 or Article 17, as the case may be, by a statement on one’s own account, stating the following:

a) his/her citizenship, date and place of birth, last address in the Member State of origin, domicile or residence address in Romania;

b) that he/she does not stand as a candidate to the European Parliament in another Member State of the European Union;

c) an administrative certificate, but only if it is the subject of a legalremedy, or a particular final court decree certifying that he/she has not been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate in the Member State of origin;

d) the local community or the constituency from the state whose citizen he/she is and where he/she was enlisted last time.*

(2) The declaration referred to in paragraph (1) falls under the incidence of Article 326 of Law o. 286/2009 regarding the Criminal Code, with the subsequent amendments and completions.*

(3) The provisions of Articles 16 and 17 shall apply accordingly.

(4) The model of the declaration referred to in paragraph (1), point a) shallbe set by the Government, through decision**, upon proposal of the Ministry of Administration and Interior and of the Permanent Electoral Authority.

(5) Within 24 hours of the admission of the community eligible person’scandidature, the Central Electoral Bureau shall send to the Permanent Electoral Authority a copy of this person’s file of candidature.

* Amended by G.E.O. No. 4/2014.
** See G.D. No. 220/2009 on the approval of the model of the application for registration on the special electoral rolls, which is made by the community voter, as well as for the model of the statement on one’s own account, which is submitted by the community eligible person upon the elections of the members from Romania to the European Parliament, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, No. 146 of 9 March 2009, amended by G.D. No. 109/2014.