Article 1
Open ↗The Annex to Directive 94/80/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Source
2012/412/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 19 July 2012 amending the list of ‘basic local government units’ in the Annex to Council Directive 94/80/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals
2012/412/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 19 July 2012 amending the list of ‘basic local government units’ in the Annex to Council Directive 94/80/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals
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Article 2
Open ↗This Decision shall enter into force on the first day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX In the Annex to Directive 94/80/EC, the list of ‘basic local government units’ is replaced by the following: ‘ “Basic local government unit” within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of this Directive means any of the following: — in Austria: Gemeinden, Bezirke in der Stadt Wien, — in Belgium: commune/gemeente/Gemeinde, — in Bulgaria: община/кметство/Общината е основната административно-териториална единица, в която се осъществява местното самоуправление, — in Cyprus: δήμος, κοινότητα, — in the Czech Republic: obec, městský obvod nebo městská část územně členěného statutárního města, městská část hlavního města Prahy, — in Denmark: kommune, region, — in Estonia: vald, linn, — in Finland: kunta, kommun, kommun på Åland, — in France: commune, arrondissement dans les villes déterminées par la législation interne, section de commune, — in Germany: kreisfreie Stadt bzw. Stadtkreis; Kreis; Gemeinde, Bezirk in der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg und im Land Berlin; Stadtgemeinde Bremen in der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, Stadt-, Gemeinde-, oder Ortsbezirke bzw. Ortschaften, — in Greece: δήμος, — in Hungary: települési önkormányzat; község, nagyközség, város, megyei jogú város, főváros, főváros kerületei; területi önkormányzat; megye, — in Ireland: City Council, County Council, Borough Council, Town Council, — in Italy: comune, circoscrizione, — in Latvia: novads, republikas pilsēta, — in Lithuania: Savivaldybė, — in Luxembourg: commune, — in Malta: Kunsill Lokali, — in the Netherlands: gemeente, deelgemeente, — in Poland: gmina, — in Portugal: município, freguesia, — in Romania: comuna, orașul, municipiul, sectorul (numai în municipiul București) și județul, — in Slovakia: samospráva obce: obec, mesto, hlavné mesto Slovenskej republiky Bratislava, mesto Košice, mestská časť hlavného mesta Slovenskej republiky Bratislavy, mestská časť mesta Košice; samospráva vyššieho územného celku: samosprávny kraj, — in Slovenia: občina, — in Spain: municipio, entidad de ámbito territorial inferior al municipal, — in Sweden: kommuner, landsting, — in the United Kingdom: counties in England; counties, county boroughs and communities in Wales; regions and Islands in Scotland; districts in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland; London boroughs; parishes in England; the City of London in relation to ward elections for common councilmen.’
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