Strasbourg, 11 September 2009 CDLR(2009)50
Item 8.1 of the Agenda
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY
(CDLR)
RAPID RESPONSE SERVICE (RRS) No. 10, 11 and 12
QUESTIONS FROM THE NETHERLANDS, CROATIA AND SLOVENIA
Secretariat Memorandum
prepared by the
Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs
Directorate of Democratic Institutions
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Introduction
The Rapid Response Service (RRS) is a working method of the CDLR allowing member States to gain in very brief delay specific information from other member States on issues in the field of local and regional democracy which they might need in the context of ongoing or imminent reforms.
This document presents the most recent surveys undertaken at the request of the Netherlands, Croatia and Slovenia (RRS 10-12). The summaries of the RRS replies will be made available on the local and regional democracy website.
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SUMMARY |
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March 2009: Netherlands Request for information submitted by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations: - is an interim dissolution of the council (at a municipal and/or regional level) possible in other countries, e.g. in the event of a political crisis ? - have statutory provisions been made for it; in which act(s) of parliament and in which section(s) ? - who considers the proposal for interim dissolution? Key data of this RRS: - Request send out: 24 March 2009 and 21 April 2009 - Deadline for replies: 21 April 2009 and 5 May 2009 - 33 replies received: Armenia, Austria, Belgium Flanders, Belgium Wallonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom. A presentation will take place at the LR-IC meeting on 12-13 October 2009. |
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May 2009: Croatia Request submitted by the central State Office for Administration: - in other countries, are municipal mayor and/or county governors elected directly in local i.e. regional elections? - under which acts and statutory provisions is the procedure of direct election regulated ? Key data of this RRS: - Request send out: 11 May 2009 - Deadline for replies: 13 May 2009 - 26 replies received: Armenia, Austria, Belgium Flanders, Belgium Wallonia, Belgium Brussels, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, Italia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. |
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May 2009: Slovenia Request for information submitted by the Government Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy: - in other countries, does the capital city have additional competences beside those that has a municipality ? - do your countries have a legal instrument for additional financing of those additional competences ? Key data of this RRS: - Request send out: 28 May 2009 - Deadline for replies: 31 June 2009 - 25 replies received: Armenia, Austria, Belgium Wallonia, Belgium Brussels, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. |
Action required
The CDLR is invited to take note of the information presented in this document.
Any delegation interested in making use of the Rapid Response Service and the immediate access to specific information on certain subjects, is invited to contact the CDLR Secretariat at any time of the year.