In contrast, the Venice Commission notes that another recommendation made by the aforementioned Council of Europe experts has not been implemented, namely to “clarify the extent to which the direct or peripheral economic activities of political parties are taken into account, first by drawing up rules on the scope of the accounts (in particular as regards local party representations where they exist in municipalities for example) and second by introducing more precise transparency rules with regard to the financing of associations and press and communication organs (...).It should be noted in this respect that Rec(2003)4 also advocates taking into account “all entities which are related, directly or indirectly, to a political party or are otherwise under the control of a political party”, in the rules on donations, including accounting and transparency rules. It is therefore recommended that the draft law clarify that the direct or peripheral economic activities of political parties should be taken into account in their accounting and that the reporting scope should be specified, in particular with regard to local representations of a party and entities linked to a party or under the control of a party