basic local government unit
as defined in Council Directive 94/80/EC of 19 December 1994 laying down detailed…, Article 2, point (a)
(a)
‘basic local government unit’ means the administrative entities listed in the Annex which, in accordance with the laws of each Member State, contain bodies elected by direct universal suffrage and are empowered to administer, at the basic level of political and administrative organization, certain local affairs on their own responsibility;