Given that the admissibility procedure in a Member State necessarily entails administrative steps for a national of another Member State in addition to those for the nationals of that Member State, it should be possible for Member States to set a deadline for the submission of applications to stand as a candidate by non-national Union citizens that is different from that set for national Union citizens. Any difference in the deadline should be limited to that which is necessary and proportionate in order to allow for the notification of the information from the home Member State to be taken into account in a timely manner. Establishing such a separate deadline should not affect the deadlines for obligations for other Member States to make notifications pursuant to this Directive.
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