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Moreover, there are provisions on campaign financing oversight that could be revised in line with Venice Commission, ODIHR and GRECO recommendations. The 2019 ODIHR Election Observation Mission Final Report highlighted the overlapping and unclear jurisdictions of the CEC and National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption in campaign finance oversight and their limited oversight powers and recommended that “the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) could be designated as the sole oversight authority to monitor and investigate compliance with campaign finance regulations and should be sufficiently mandated, empowered and resourced.” It also recommended that the oversight framework be strengthened to ensure that third-party financing and in-kind contributions do not circumvent regulations and reporting requirements and that the law prescribe effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for campaign finance violations. These recommendations are also applicable to the Draft law on democracy through All-Ukraine referendum.