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Article 17 of the draft amendments, amending Article 30 of the Law, provides a list of gradually escalating sanctions including the possibility to rectify inaccuracies, a warning suspension of state support and a criminal liability. The proposed sanctions seem proportionate and dissuasive and have the potential to be effective in line with Recommendation 2003(4)55 and prior ODIHR Recommendations.56


55 Article 16 (Recommendation 2003(4).
56 2019 OSCE/ODIHR Opinion Key Recommendation H and paras 39-42; 2016 Joint Opinion Recommendation (c) ad para 52; see also Guidelines on Political Parties para 215.