1 Eurostat population statistics, 1992. 2 See Alain Delcamp, Les institutions locales en Europe, Paris 1990, p. 41. 3 See for example Article 3 of the European Charter of Local Self- government agreed in the Council of Europe framework in 1985 There is always a rep
resentative council elected by direct universal suffrage They are prov
ided for by law, by statute if not by the constitution, and are subject to the supervision of central government.4 Statute law most often lays down the composition of councils and executives, the mechanism
...[+++]s by which their members are to be designated, their powers, the resources, particularly financial resources, which are to be available to them, and any supervisory mechanisms (b) Local authorities can also be classified according to their place in the structure of government in their Member State.
1 cf. EUROSTAT, Statistiques démographiques 1992 2 cf. Alain Delcamp, Les institutions locales en Europe, Paris 1990, pp. 41, 3 cf., à titre d'exemple, l'article 3 de la Charte européenne de l'autonomie locale convenue au Conseil de l'Europe de 1985 . un certain degré de protection juridique, au minimum législatif, et de contrôle par l'administration de l'Etat4.
