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Paragraph 19
 

Whereas Article 2 of Legislative Decree no. 2011-87 sets out only one definition, i.e. of political parties, Article 2 of the draft law also clarifies a number of other key terms. This is to be welcomed and does not call for any particular comments, other than the fact that it would be better for the definition of private funding to be worded more precisely: the reference to “resources” is not really helpful here and could be added to along the lines of the definition of foreign funding (which includes “donations, gifts or payments in cash, in kind, in the form of advertising or in artistic form”) or of Article 35, which refers to “aid, donations, bequests and legacies in kind and to voluntary services”. These various provisions should be harmonised. It is also recommended reviewing the usefulness of the definition of the term “self-funding”, which it would seem is not used anywhere else in the text. The definition of a political party has been altered only slightly; even though no universal definition exists here, it is to be welcomed that the one used in the draft law is close to that in, for example, the Guidelines.