1The Deanery of the Law Faculty shall, within 7 days on the expiry of the period for submission of expression of interest, convene in a special meeting to verify the fulfilment of legal conditions by candidates.

2The verification of fulfilment of legal conditions and support shall be the only topic in the agenda of the meeting of the Deanery.

3The meeting of the Deanery shall be valid when more than half of its members are attending. Failure to participate without due cause in the meeting of the Deanery for the verification of legal criteria and the support of candidates for members of the High Judicial Council, shall constitute disciplinary misconduct for the Deanery members.

4The meeting of the Deanery shall make decisions by majority vote of present members.

5The Deanery members, who run as candidates, shall not take part in the meeting and shall not vote. In case the Dean runs as a candidate, his tasks shall be performed by one of the Deputy Deans.

6At the end of the meeting, the Dean shall officially announce the candidates, displaying them at the notice board of the University or the Law Faculty or in another visible place and shall submit the list of candidates to the Rector of the HEI, accompanied by a report explaining the fulfilment or non-fulfilment of conditions by each candidate.

7Disqualified candidates shall be notified individually in writing by a reasoned decision on the causes for the disqualification.

8The rules laid down in paragraphs 1 to 7 of this Article shall apply also to verify the fulfilment of the legal criteria by the candidates of the School of Magistrates. In this case, the responsibilities provided for by this Article on the Deanery of the Faculty, shall be exercised by the Meeting of the Pedagogical Council of the School of Magistrates. The responsibilities provided for by paragraph 6 of this Article on the Dean of the Faculty shall be exercised by the Director of the School of Magistrates. The list of candidates shall be forwarded to the Chairperson of the Steering Council of the School of Magistrates by the Director of the School of Magistrates.