European Parliament Elections Act (Amendment) Order, 2014

L.N. 77 of 2014

EUROPEAN UNION ACT

(CAP. 460)

European Parliament Elections Act (Amendment) Order, 2014

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by article 4(2) of

the European Union Act, the Prime Minister has made the following

Order:-

(1) The title of this Order is the European Parliament Citation and

Elections Act (Amendment) Order, 2014, and this Order shall be read objective.

and construed as one with the European Parliament Elections Act, Cap. 467.

hereinafter referred to as "the Act".

(2) The objective of this Order is to transpose, into the Act,

certain provisions of Council Directive 2013/1/EU of 20 December

2012 amending Directive 93/109/EC as regards certain detailed

arrangements for the exercise of the right to stand as a candidate in

elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union

residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals.

In article 2 of the Act, for the definition "competent Amends article

2 of the Act.

authority" there shall be substituted the following

" "competent authority" means the body in a Member State

charged with the conduct of elections of members of the

European Parliament and the registration of voters therefor; the

competent authority shall be the contact point to receive and

transmit the information necessary for the application of the

provisions of Article 6(3) of Directive 93/109/EC.".

Paragraph (g) of sub-article (1) of article 19 of the Act Amends article

19 of the Act.

shall be substituted by the following

"(g) he has been deprived of his right to stand as a

candidate in elections to the European Parliament under either

the laws of Malta or of his home Member State, through an

individual judicial decision or an administrative decision

provided that the latter can be subject to judicial remedies;".

Article 20 of the Act shall be amended as follows

Amends article

20 of the Act.

(a)

sub-article (1) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(1) A candidate whose name appears on the

European Union Electoral Register shall, when filing his

nomination as candidate, also make a formal declaration in

writing to the Electoral Commission stating that he is not

standing as a candidate in any other Member State; that he

has not been deprived the right to stand as a candidate in

the home Member State through an individual judicial

decision or an administrative decision provided that the

latter can be subject to judicial remedies; and shall also

produce to the Electoral Commission a valid identity

document.";

(b)

sub-article (2) thereof shall be deleted; and

(c)

sub-article (5) thereof shall be substituted by the

following

"(5) Information exchanged in terms of this article

shall be provided in an appropriate manner within five

working days from the receipt of the notification or, where

possible, within a shorter time-limit, if so requested by the

Member State of residence. Such information may only

include details that are strictly necessary for the

implementation of the provisions of this article and may

only be issued for such purpose.".

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