At any rate, the Venice Commission does not exclude removal from office in case of measures under Article 30.6 of the Code on administrative sanctions, whether they fall under the criminal limb of Article 6 ECHR or only qualify as administrative measures of a preventive or restorative, non-punitive nature.26 Of course, if such measures fall under the criminal limb, the procedure before the courts will have to fulfil the criteria of Article 6 paras 1-3 ECHR and Article 7 ECHR. Furthermore, such measures under Article 30.6 are only acceptable in the light of the proportionality principle in case of serious offences against rules that protect the integrity of the election process and outcome, and more generally the democratic system of government: these measures should concern offences endangering the democratic system, such as electoral irregularities, violations of electoral-financial regulations or election-related conflicts of interest