meaning of "which is different in regard of the elections"

[Klpno]

Hello everyone

I'd like to ask about the meaning of "which is different in regard of the elections" in the following sentence:

Since the Law of 3 December 2003, the Commission has been an Independent Administrative Body. That means that its decisions can now be appealed to the electoral judge – which is different in regard of the elections – and that the Commission is financially independent.

Does "which is different in regard of the elections" mean that the results of the election can't be appealed?

[Jamie (K)]

I don't understand it. I think I would have to know the content of the whole article to understand it.

We usually say "in regard to", not "in regard of".

[Klpno]

Thank you very much, Jamie (K).

This text is written by a native speaker of French and it's about this Commission and political parties.
There is another fragment in the text which says about the same thing but in other words: The decisions of the commission have been subject to litigation since 2004 and can be appealed to the electoral judge, which is different in function of the election.

And there is a passage which says something about contesting of elections:
In the case where an election has been contested – by another candidate, a voter or the State representative in the department/region - the Commission has 2 months from the deadline for submitting the campaign accounts to deliver decisions about all the candidates’ campaign accounts in this constituency.

Those passages are the only ones that have something to do with the phrase "which is different in regard of the elections".

[Jamie (K)]

I knew it was some kind of Brusselese or French English.

"In function of" is not an English expression, and I think "which is different in function of the election" is supposed to mean something like "which varies depending on the specific election." I think that's also what they are trying to say with "which is different in regard of the election."

"In the case where" is a Brusselese expression that is supposed to mean "if". I think that by "campaign accounts" they mean "election results".

What a mess. Like most Brusselese, you can't understand it unless you know French.

[Klpno]

Thank you very much again, Jamie (K).