A positive development is the inclusion, in Article 11 of the Law (through Article 4 of the draft amendments) of a provision indicating that “[i]n case state registration of a political party is not rejected by the authorised state body within the time limit prescribed by this Law, the political party shall be deemed to be registered from the day following expiry of the time limit referred to in part 6 of Article 9 of this Law”. This is in line with the OSCE/ODIHR-Venice Commission Joint Guidelines on Political Party Regulation which state that deadlines for registration need to be reasonably short in order not to constitute unreasonable barriers to individuals’ right to freedom of association and political participation.²² It is also noted positively that the draft amendments explicitly mention a political party’s right to appeal denial of registration, which should be ensured in due time in order to make the participation in elections possible.

^{22 CDL-AD(2010)024, Guidelines on Political Party Regulation by the OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission, adopted by the Venice Commission at its 84 Plenary session (October 2010), para. 69}