In addition, the recommendation made in the 2013 Joint Opinion to clarify by law whether the ceiling for donations for electoral campaigns under Article 38 of the EC allows donations in addition to the annual permissible ceilings for individual donations to political parties, has not been addressed and is therefore likewise reiterated. The authorities explained that the two regimes of donation limits were indeed independent from each other; however, this should be clearly stated in the law, for the sake of legal certainty.