Article 102(2)(e) defines the possibility of cancelling registration, accreditation and confirmation of electoral subjects as in the current Code. ODIHR and the Venice Commission reiterate their previously expressed view regarding de-registration of electoral contestants as a sanction applied by the election administration, namely that such severe interference with suffrage rights as de-registration should be a measure of last resort, applied only for the most serious violations, and subject to effective judicial oversight, in line with international standards and good practice. In a 2020 decision related to de-registration of a political party in 2014 parliamentary elections in Moldova, the ECtHR found that de-registration powers were abused and that there was no effective judicial oversight. ODIHR and the Venice Commission therefore recommend to encode that any appeal against such a decision automatically suspends it in order to correspond to effective judicial oversight. While steps in the right direction have been taken, they recommend to further review the list of grounds for de-registration in order to ensure that this measure is applied as a last resort against only the most serious actions that cannot be remedied by any other means, in conformity with the principle of proportionality. The international electoral practice also recommends that any cases of de-registration should be done transparently, against pre-determined criteria, and “bearing in mind the principle of equality of treatment of all political parties, as well as the principle of pluralism”.