The present Joint Opinion does not constitute a full and comprehensive review of the entire legal and institutional framework governing elections in Ukraine. It confines itself to examining the draft law “On Improving the Procedure for Establishing the Impossibility of Holding National and Local Elections, All-Ukrainian and Local Referendums in Certain Territories and Polling Stations” as officially submitted for review. The draft law includes proposed amendments to the Election Code (Articles 20 and 205), the Law “On the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine” (Article 4), the Law “On the Central Election Commission” (Article 17), the Law “On Civil-Military Administrations” (Articles 3, 4, and 7) and the Law “On the All-Ukrainian Referendum” (Article 22). While the draft amendments cover various provisions in several legislative acts, they concern only one specific issue: revising the established authority and process for deciding on the impossibility of holding a national or local election or referendum within “certain territories” on which civil-military administrations have been established.