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Namely, according to the 2013 Joint Opinion, it should be clarified whether administrative or criminal sanctions in this area may also be issued towards legal entities. If this was the case, the legislators should review whether for certain violations the law should also foresee punitive sanctions for political parties themselves, not only for individual party members or leaders. This remains to be addressed. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR take the view that appropriate clarifications should be provided in the law itself, i.e. in the relevant CAO and CC provisions. It seems logical to require, mutatis mutandis, that the scope of the sanctioning provisions cover all persons/entities upon which the LPP and the EC impose obligations.