1. urban planning documents;

2. municipal plans and programmes for economic, social and cultural development;

3. budgets and the administrative accounts;

4. the establishment and management of community facilities of local interest in the areas of pre-school and primary education, non-formal education and apprenticeships, vocational training, health, public hygiene and sanitation, road and communications infrastructure classified as falling within the municipal remit, public transport and traffic management plans, water and energy, fairs and markets, youth, sport, the arts and culture, and artisanal mining activities involving the municipality’s mineral resources;

5. the management of matters of municipal interest, in particular the fight against pollution and nuisances, the organisation of agricultural and animal health activities, land management, the acquisition and disposal of property and assets, and the management of forest, wildlife and fisheries resources;

6. the establishment and management of municipal public services;

7. the organisation of economic interventions;

8. the organisation of craft and tourism activities;

9. the organisation of social promotion and protection activities;

10. the setting of municipal tax rates, within the limits laid down by law;

11. the acceptance and rejection of donations, grants and bequests;

12. leases and other agreements;

13. loans and loan guarantees or sureties;

14. the awarding of grants;

15. the acquisition of shareholdings;

16. twinning projects and cooperation initiatives with other national or foreign local authorities;

17. staff management procedures;

18. internal regulations setting out, amongst other things, the operating procedures for municipal committees;

19. regulations relating to the municipal police;

20. human capital investment projects;

21. the establishment, decommissioning or extension of cemeteries;

22. the rules and procedures governing access to and use of water sources of any kind;

23. the creation, demarcation and marking of livestock tracks within the municipality, with the exception of major roads which fall within the remit of the State;

24. the naming of municipal squares, streets, complexes and gardens.