The Venice Commission recommends considerably increasing the fines provided for by the LFPE, in proportion to the seriousness of the different offences. Furthermore, the arsenal of sanctions should be widened to include e.g. partial or total loss of public funding and other forms or public support, as a temporary measure; ineligibility for future public support for a set period of time in other cases than non-submission of reports; forfeiture to the state treasury of financial support previously granted; criminal sanctions in cases of significant violations. Moreover, sanctions such as fines provided for by the LFPE and the LGE and criminal sanctions should be available not only for political entities as such but also for their members and other individuals acting on behalf of them who are responsible for the violation of the law; such responsibilities should be clearly defined.