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Paragraph 57
 

The draft revised Article 71.1 of the Electoral Code provides that the detailed procedure for examining the appeals during the electoral period shall be approved by a regulation of the CEC. As the procedural aspects such as the obligation to submit evidence, deadlines for calling the oral session or possibility to call witnesses can influence the outcome of the electoral dispute resolution, it would be preferable to provide the main rules governing the procedure in the law, not in a regulation. In particular, the Venice Commission and ODIHR recommend providing in the Electoral Code the list of cases where the Administrative Code has to be applied by the election administration and by the Audiovisual Council in the appeal procedure.