Maximum adjudication time for the full EDR process (days)

ElectoralCode of the Republic of Moldova (as of 2012, in English)

Source: http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2012)039-e

Article 66. (1) Actions/inactions and thedecisions of electoral bodies, as well as actions/inactions of the electoralcompetitors, may bechallenged at the electoral body within 3 calendar days as of date ofcommitting the action or adopting the decision. The term for submittingthe complaint is calculated starting with the next day of the date when theaction/inaction was committed or identified or when the decision was adopted.

(3)Complaints against the actions and decisions of the Central Election Commissionwill be submitted to theChisinau Court of Appeal.

Article 67 (1) Complaints against actions and decisionsof the CEC filed during an electoral period shall be considered and adjudicatedwithin five calendar daysof their filling.

(2)Complaints against actions and decisions of district electoral councils orprecinct electoral bureaus are examined (considered and adjudicated) within 3 calendar days as oftheir submission, but not later than the Election Day.

(3)Complaints filed to court on the day of elections shall be considered andadjudicated on the same day, whereas complaints against decisions of election administrationbody on results tabulation and mandates’ award shall be adjudicated by court inthe same time with confirmation of the elections’’ legality and the validationof mandates.

Article 68 (5) Court rulings shall be final and binding forexecution upon its adjudication.

(6)Court rulings may be appealedwithin three days of theiradoption.

(7) Suchappeals shall be examined withinthree days of submission.

The legislation doesnot specify the timeframe within which CEC decision are appealed to Chisinau Court of Appeal.

+3 (CEC decision) + … (appeal to ChisinauCourt of Appeal, CCA) +5 (CCA decision) +5 (appeal to Supreme Court) +3 (SC decision)) = 16 days +… (timeframe to appeal to CCA)