1In order to conduct preliminary verification of fulfilment of the legal requirements and evaluation of professional and moral criteria of candidates, as well as their ranking, the Justice Appointments Council shall assign by lot a rapporteur for the vacancies in each institution.

2The lot to assign a rapporteur shall be organised through case management system of the High Court.

3Exceptionally it may be organised manually, if the electronic system fails to work. The Council shall adopt more detailed rules in order to ensure that the procedure for the assignment of the rapporteur by lot complies with the principles of transparency, traceability and monitoring of the process.

4The result of the lot for the rapporteur shall be published on the official website of the High Court.

5The rapporteur, in order to conduct the procedure of verification, assessment and ranking, shall perform the following tasks:

areview and verify documentation filed by candidates;

brequest the auditing of assets of candidates and verification of their criminal and disciplinary records;

cprepare the draft act for verification, assessment and ranking of candidates;

çcoordinate with the chairperson to prepare the meeting of the Council;

dprepare press release;

dhperform any other tasks assigned by law.

6The rapporteur, in the exercise of his/her responsibilities, shall be assisted by the administrative staff of the High Court.