Two proposed amendments concern election observers – one serves to enhance the impartiality of citizen observers and the other broadens the rights of election observers. Regarding the latter, a proposed new paragraph under Article 40 of the Election Code provides that a CEC Decree will establish the procedure to register observer organisations for the purpose of attending sessions of the election commission during the non-election period. While the provision is drafted as a procedural matter, rather than explicitly granting a substantive right, it nevertheless appears to address a long-standing ODIHR recommendation to grant the possibility to civil society organisations to observe the work of the election administration outside of the electoral period.