Maximum adjudication time for the full EDR process (days)

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Art.15 […] (3) The requestto annul the elections in a uninominal college for electoral fraud may only bedone by the electoral competitors who have participated in the elections in therespective college. The request shall be submitted to the Central ElectoralBureau within 24 hours of the close of poll, under the sanction of decline. Therequest must be solidly justified and accompanied by the proofs on which it isbased. The lack of proofs shall entail the rejection of the request. Therequest may only be approved if the person who submitted it is not involved inthe causing of the fraud, and only if they find that this fraud was of suchnature as to amend the granting of the mandates. The settlement of the requestto annul the elections by the Central Electoral Bureau may only be made untilthe date of publication of the election result in OJ, Part I. Within no morethan 10 days of the date of approving the request to annul the elections theyshall organise a new ballot in the polling stations where they have found theelectoral fraud. The bureau of constituency along with the local publicauthorities shall ensure the good conduct of the new ballot, with the properimplementation of the present title. Until the new results are got they shallsuspend the electoral operations regarding the counting of votes and finding ofthe results. […].

LAWNo. 35 of13 March 2008 for the electionto the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate and for the amendment
and completionof Law No. 67/2004 for the election of local public administrationauthorities,
of Law No. 215/2001 on the local public administration, and of LawNo. 393/2004
on the Statute of local electees,  Publishedin OJ No. 196 of 13 March 2008

http://publicofficialsfinancialdisclosure.worldbank.org/sites/fdl/files/assets/law-library-files/Romania_%20Law%20No%2035%20on%20Elections%20to%20Chamber%20of%20Deputies%20and%20Senate_2008_EN.pdf

“Jurisdiction over anydecision and (in)action of an election bureau that is not explicitly granted bythe Election Law to another court is with the Administrative Division of theCourt of Appeals. All decisions, actions, and failures to act by the CEB, as anadministrative body, can be appealed to the Administrative Division of theCourt of Appeals in Bucharest. However, neither the Election Law nor the court procedure rules providefor an expedited review of election-related matters, contrary to internationalgood practice

OSCE/ODIHR Election Expert Team Final Report,Parliamentary Elections 9 December, 2012 Romania, Warsaw 16 January, 2103 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/98757
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