Article 9 — Entry on and removal from the electoral roll

1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to enable a Union voter who has expressed the wish to be registered as a voter to be entered on the electoral roll sufficiently in advance of polling day. 2. In order to have their name entered on the electoral roll, Union voters shall produce the same documents as voters who are nationals. They shall also produce a formal declaration, which shall contain the following elements: (a) their name, nationality, date and place of birth, and address in the electoral territory of the Member State of residence; (b) where applicable, the locality or constituency in their home Member State on the electoral roll of which their name was last entered; and (c) a statement that they will exercise their right to vote in the Member State of residence only. 3. The Member State may also require Union voters to: (a) produce a valid identity document; (b) state in their declaration under paragraph 2: (i) that they have not been deprived of the right to vote in their home Member State; (ii) where applicable, the personal identification number issued by the home Member State or the Member State of residence; (iii) the type and serial number of the identity document or travel document issued by the home Member State; (iv) the date of the declaration; and (v) their contact details, such as a telephone number or email address; (c) indicate the date from which they have been resident in that Member State or in another Member State. 4. Union voters who have been entered on the electoral roll shall remain thereon, under the same conditions as voters who are nationals, until they request to be removed or until they are removed because they no longer satisfy the requirements for exercising the right to vote. Where provisions are in place to notify nationals of such a removal from the electoral roll, those provisions shall apply to Union voters in the same way. 5. Member States may use the template set out in Annex I for the purposes of the declaration referred to in paragraph 2. 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to amend the list referred to in paragraph 3, point (b), of this Article only by adding elements to it.