(1) The Minister for the Interior and Health checks whether the lists of candidates handed in on time fulfil the conditions stated in sections 19 and 19a. The Minister for the Interior and Health furthermore checks whether the candidates qualify for approval or whether a candidate is to be deleted from the lists of candidates, see section 23a. 

(2) Where a list of candidates does not meet the said conditions, or whether one or more of the candidates must be deleted from the list of candidates, the Minister for the Interior and Health is to notify the authority of the relevant party as stated in section 22 accordingly. Within 24 hours of being notified the party may remedy any shortcomings or hand in a fresh list of candidates. The Minister for the Interior and Health then decides whether the list of candidates
is valid and which candidates qualify for approval, but see subsection (3).

(3) If a list of candidates that has been handed in on time carries the name of a candidate who is a national of another member states of the European Union, the Minister for the Interior and Health sends the declaration specified in section 19a(1) to the competent administrative authority of the home member state in order to obtain information held in the home member state regarding the eligibility of the candidate concerned.

(4) If the Minister for the Interior and Health receives information from the competent administrative authority in the home member state that invalidates a declaration of eligibility made by a candidate who is a national of another member state of the European Union and who appears on a list of candidates to stand in elections to the European Parliament in Denmark, see subsection (3), see section 19a(1)(iv), the information cannot however render the list of candidates void or cause the candidate concerned to be deleted from the list of candidates, see section 6(4).

(5) The decisions of the Minister for the Interior and Health pursuant to subsection (2) are notified to the authority of the relevant party specified in section 22.

(6) Where in a list of candidates a candidate is a national of one of the other member states of the European Union without also holding a Danish citizenship, the Minister for the Interior and Health is to notify the relevant person whether his or her candidature is approved or not. Furthermore, the Minister for the Interior and Health is to inform the candidate’s home member state if he is approved to stand as a candidate in elections in Denmark.