1Within ten days of receiving the list of candidates, who meet the formal criteria, the list of applicants who do not meet the formal criteria and the list of International Monitoring Operation recommendations, the Assembly shall approve the establishment and composition of two ad hoc committees for selection consisting respectively of:

a12 members, 6 proposed from the parliamentary groups of majority and 6 proposed from the parliamentary groups of minority.

b6 members, 3 proposed from the parliamentary groups of majority and 3 proposed from the parliamentary groups of minority.

2The Speaker of the Assembly, within 3 days from the submission provided in paragraph 1 of this Article notifies the date and time of the meeting of the plenary session for the establishment and the composition of the two ad hoc committees for the selection of candidates. In this notice, the Speaker of the Assembly requires from the parliamentary groups of the parliamentary majority and the minority to submit within two days, as of the day of the notice, their proposals for the composition of these selection ad hoc committees.

3A member of the Assembly may be member of only one of the ad hoc selecting committees. The members of the ad hoc verification committee for candidates are not hindered to be members of one of the ad hoc selection committees.

4Within 30 days of its establishment, the ad hoc selecting committee shall conduct the procedure for the voting of the candidates. In the first meeting of each ad hoc selection committee, the calendar for the hearings with the candidates shall be approved and the General Secretary of the Assembly shall be in charge of notifying the candidates.

5The General Secretary of the Assembly takes the necessary measures for establishing the conditions for carrying out the activity of the ad hoc selection committees.

6The ad hoc committee functions based on the provisions of this law and, as far as it is possible, on the Regulation of the Assembly.