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 The amendments to the Election Code have specified and improved registration procedures for election subjects, in particular with regard to parliamentary elections (see Chapter XIII). This includes also the possibility of correcting registration documents that fail to meet the requirements established in the law (see Art. 98). Significantly, the candidate registration process represented an important improvement in the 2003 parliamentary elections, compared to the 1999 elections, according to electoral observers. In general, the registration process was regarded as being free and fair. This was especially true with regard to the registration for the proportional election by the CEC. Candidate registration for the majoritarian seats at the DEC level, however, was not always handled consistently in the 2003 parliamentary elections.