1. The application to the Constitutional Court is submitted by the applicant or therepresentative chosen by him/her. Where the applicant has chosen to be represented by a defence counsel, he/she shall attach to the application the act of representation. In such a case, all the notifications of the Court shall be addressed to the applicant’s representative.
2. The request shall be submitted in a written form in Albanian language, in clear andunderstandable language, in as many copies as the number of participants in trial and it shall include:

a) The name and address of the Constitutional Court;

b) The name, surname or denomination, residence or domicile of the applicant and/or representative;

c) The name, surname or denomination, residence or domicile of interested subjects and/or their representatives;

ç) The subject-matter of the applicant and the legal basis;

d) submission of causes and alleged violations of a constitutional nature;

dh) documents, evidence or other exhibits associating the application;

e) certified copies of all the decisions which are the subject matter of the application, as well as complaints and recourses submitted to other judicial instances;

ë) signature of the applicant or his/her representative, as well as the act of representation of the latter. 

3. The application may be delivered in person or via mail. In the event of mail delivery, thedate of submission shall be the date of handover to the post office. Where the application has been sent erroneously to another institution and the application has been filed with the Constitutional Court following the expiry of the legal timing, the application shall be considered to have been filed within the legal time period as long as it can be established that this has occurred in good faith.
4. The application meeting the criteria provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be registered with a special registry book kept by the Judicial Directorate at the Constitutional Court.
5. The application that does not meet the criteria provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be considered incomplete and it shall not be registered with the registry-book of application. The Judicial Directorate shall inform the applicant to make the necessary changes within 10 days. Where the applicant does not submit the revised application or fails to submit it within the time period set out by the Judicial Directorate, the application shall be archived. 6. The application registered with the registry book of applications shall be submitted to the Chairperson of the Constitutional Court, who takes measures for appointing the rapporteur of the case by lot, in accordance with the Regulation of the Court.