(1) The county electoral bureaux, the Bucharest Municipality district electoral bureaux, and the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall see to the fair conduct of the electoral campaign settling by decisions the complaints addressed to them with regard to the hindering of a political party, political alliance, electoral alliance or organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities which participate in the elections, or of an independent candidate to carry out the election campaign thereof under the law.

(2) If the county electoral bureaux, the districts electoral bureaux, and theelectoral bureau for the polling stations abroad consider on settling the complaints that it is imperative to take administrative measures or to impose penalties for minor or criminal offences, they shall notify the authorities in charge.

(3) The decisions of the county electoral bureaux, of the district electoralbureaux, and of the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad may be contested at the Central Electoral Bureau within 48 hours at the latest of their posting. The solutions given to the petitions are final.

(4) The complaints and petitions shall be settled within 3 days of theirregistration.

(5) The petitions formulated in due time against the decisions adopted bythe county electoral bureaux, the district electoral bureaux, and by the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall suspend their execution.

(6) The decisions adopted by county electoral bureaux, by district electoralbureaux, and by the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall be enforceable from the date when the time limits for contesting them expire.