Municipal elections: right to vote and to stand as a candidate by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals

1996/0016(CNS)
OBJECTIVE: to adapt the Annex to Directive 94/80/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals, by adding the names of the local administrative areas in the three new Member States, bearing in mind in particular that Finland and Austria were due to hold municipal elections in the autumn of 1996. SUBSTANCE: It was proposed that the following paragraphs be inserted in the Annex to Directive 94/80/EC: - In Austria: Gemeinden, Bezirke in der Stadt Wien; - In Finland: kunta, kommun, kommun på Åland; - In Sweden: Kommuner, Landsting.�