In Ukraine, the Law on Elections of People's Deputies prohibits misuse of administrative resources during campaigns by public authorities. Article 74 of the Law stipulates the restrictions regarding the conduct of electoral campaigns, banning inter alia canvassing for civil servants during their working hours or placing campaign material in public administration’s buildings. In practice, the OSCE/ODIHR reported in its final report following the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections a “lack of a level playing field, caused [inter alia] primarily by the abuse of administrative resources […].” The report also underlines that this misuse of administrative resources during the electoral campaign “demonstrated the absence of a clear distinction between the State and the ruling party in some parts of the country, contrary to paragraph 5.4 of the 1990 OSCE Copenhagen Document.”