Criteria for the Appropriate Solution of Problems of Local Importance in Selected EU-Member States

Table Of Contents

A. Attribution of competences to different levels of administrative authority in the sphere of local self-government and order management
I. Germany
1. Public Corporations
2. Communal Tasks
a) Genuine Universal Competence of Local Government Corporations
b) Traditional Catalogue of Communal Tasks
c) Structure of Communal Activities
3. Differentiation of Natural Subjects
a) Inhabitants
b) Citizens
c) Foreigners with special Status
4. Communal Organs
a) Communal Organs of the Corporation of Local Administration
aa) Communal Council
bb) Mayor
b) Organs of other Tiers of Local Administration
5. Communal Committees
6. Advisory Boards and Commissions
7. Communal Parliamentary Coalitions
8. Territorial and Organisational sub-divisions
9. Conflicts between Communal Organs
10. Legislative Sovereignty
11. Communal Budget Administration
a) General Principle
b) Principle of Connection
c) Financing of Communal Corporations
d) Control of Communal Budget Calculation
12. Communal Enterprises and Institutions
13. Control of Communal Activities
II. The Netherlands
1. The Role of the Provinces
2. The Functioning of Municipalities
3. Water Boards
III. United Kingdom
1. General Introduction
a) Parishes and communities
b) Boundaries
c) Sizes
d) Ceremonial functions
e) Elections
aa) England and Wales
bb) Scotland and Northern Ireland
2. England
a) Councils and Councillors
b) Officers
c) Functions and Powers
d) Joint-boards
e) Corporation of London
f) Funding
g) Future developments in England
3. Wales
4. Scotland
5. Northern Ireland

B. Variants of authority determination in the sphere of financing
I. Main stages
II. Core factors and conclusion