CHAPTER IV EXECUTIVE POWER President of the European Union Article 103 1. The President of the European Union shall be the supreme representative of the European Union and the guarantor of the continuity of State authority Union. 2. The President of the European Union shall ensure observance of the Constitution, safeguard the sovereignty and security of the State as well as the inviolability and integrity of its territory. 3. The President of the European Union shall exercise his duties within the scope of and in accordance with the principles specified in the Constitution and European law. Article 104 1. The President of the European Union is elected by the European Parliamentary Assembly without prior debate. 2. The President of the European Union shall be elected for a 3-year term of office and may be re-elected only for one more term. 3. Only a Union citizen who, no later than the day of the elections, has attained 45 years of age and has a full electoral franchise in elections to the European Parliament, may be elected President of the European Union. The candidate shall report at least 1/5 the composition of the European Parliamentary Assembly. 4. The European Parliamentary Assembly shall meet on a date not earlier than 100 days and no later than 75 days before the expiry of the term of office of the President of the European Union, and in case of vacancy in the office of the President of the European Union - not later than the fourteenth day thereafter. European Parliamentary Assembly meeting convened by the President of the European Parliament. 5. The President of the European Union shall be elected the candidate who has received at least 2/3 of votes of the members of the European Parliamentary Assembly. If in the next two ballots no candidate received the required majority, it is chosen the one who in a further ballot reaches an absolute majority of votes of the members of the European Parliamentary Assembly.
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