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Law No. I-533 “On local government.”

Country/Territory
Lithuania
Document type
Legislation
Date
1994 (2021)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Policy/planning Local government Public participation Human rights
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force of the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The purpose of this Law is to promote and develop local self-government as a basis for the development of a democratic state. This Law establishes the procedure for the formation and activities of municipal institutions implementing the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and the European Charter of Local Self-Government, defines the principles of local self-government, municipal institutions and their competence, functions, basics. The provisions of this Law are harmonized with the legal acts of the European Union specified in the Annex to this Law. Local self -government is the self-regulation and self-efficacy of a community of permanent residents of an administrative unit of the state territory established by law, which has the right of self-government guaranteed by the Constitution, in accordance with the competence defined by the Constitution and laws. The main principles on which local self-government is based are: (a) representative democracies; (b) the independence and freedom of activity of municipalities in accordance with the competence defined in the Constitution and laws; (c) the supremacy of the municipal council over the municipal executive bodies accountable thereto; (d) the accountability of the municipal executive bodies to the municipal council; (e) responsibility to the municipal community; (f) the legality of the activities of the municipality and the decisions adopted by the municipal bodies; (g) coordination of the interests of municipalities and the state in the management of public affairs of municipalities; (h) coordination of the interests of the community and individual residents of the municipality; (i) the participation of the residents of the municipality in the management of public affairs of the municipality; (j) transparency of activities; (k) planning and development planning; (l) reacting to the opinion of the residents of the municipality; (m) guaranteeing and respecting human rights and freedoms; (n) subsidiarity; and (o) publicity.

Full text
Lithuanian
Website
e-seimas.lrs.lt