Maximum adjudication time for the full EDR process (days)

Name: Law no. 10 019  The Electoral Code of  The Republic of Albania

Enactment:   29December 2008,  amended by Law no. 74/20119 July .2012

Quote:

'Article 131

Content of the decision to accept for reviewthe administrative complaint

(…)

1. The review hearing takes place no earlier than 24 hours and no laterthan 48 hours from the date the decision to accept the request has beenannounced.'

“ Article 152

The deadline for a court appeal

(…)

2. An appeal against all decisions that the CEC makes during the periodthat starts 48 hours after the issuance of the decree for partial or  general elections until the termination ofadministrative review of election

complaints or expiry of deadlines forelection complaints, is made within 5 days after their declaration. The deadline to appeal to the Electoral College againstCEC decisions taken outside this period is 30 days.”

“Article 157

Deadline for adjudication by the ElectoralCollege

1. The Electoral College adjudicates and decides on an appeal within 10days from the filing of the court complaint.

2. For cases provided for in the lastsentence of point 2 of article 152 of this Code, the Electoral College decideswithin 30 days from the filing of the court complaint.'

It seems that CEC hasto make decisions related electoral results within 5 days, for what ismentioned in the art.152. However, the previous section (Part X) that dealswith decisions of CEC is not entirely clear on how long the examination processmight take. Therefore, I am assuming that a minimum of 10 days period for theElectoral College applies and a maximum of 30 days may also proceed.

17 days minimum to 37 daysmaximum (for CEC decisions that were not taken within the 5 days framework)