1The evaluation of the performance of candidate magistrates shall be made under the following grades:

a"Excellent" in case of an extraordinary good ethical and professional performance evaluation;

b"Very good" in the case of an above average ethical and professional performance evaluation;

c"Good" in case of an average professional and ethical performance evaluation;

ç"Acceptable" in the case of a below average ethical and professional performance evaluation;

d"Incapable" in the case of a significantly below average ethical and professional performance evaluation.

2The overall evaluation "excellent" shall be given only if the performance of the magistrates is "excellent" for all four criteria, in accordance with the provisions of Article 71, dated 96/2016 “On the status of judges and prosecutor in the Republic of Albania”.

3The overall evaluation "very good" shall be given only if the performance of the magistrates is at least "very good" for three criteria and "good" for the remaining criterion. In any case, the criterion ‘professional capacity of the judge and prosecutor' and 'ethics and commitment to judicial and prosecutorial values' must be evaluated at least 'very good'.

4In case the capacities of the magistrate are evaluated "good" with regard to two criteria and 'acceptable' in the remaining criteria, the magistrate shall be evaluated as generally 'good'. The same rule applies to an equal evaluation of the criteria between the categories of 'acceptable' and 'incapable', unless provided otherwise in paragraph 3. In any case, the criterion 'judicial or prosecutorial capacity' and 'ethics and commitment to judicial and prosecutorial values' must be evaluated at least 'very good'.

5The overall evaluation 'incapable' shall be given in the following cases:

aIf the work of the magistrates is evaluated as 'incapable' in the last three criteria provided for in the letters “b”, “c” and “ç”, of Article 71, of the law no. 96/2016, “On the status of judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania”;

bIf the work of the magistrates is evaluated as 'incapable' with regard to the criteria 'judicial or prosecutorial capacity' and 'ethics and commitment to judicial and prosecutorial values ' and not more than 'good' in the two other criteria.