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 amend Directive 94/80/EC laying down detailed arrangements for exercising the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in local elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals, in order to take account of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Directive 96/30/EC amending Directive 94/80/EC. CONTENT: the Annex to Directive 94/80/EC has been amended so as to specify the basic local government units of the three new Member States: - in Austria: Gemeinden, Bezirke in der Stadt Wien; - in Finland: kunta, kommun, kommun pa Aland; - in Sweden: Kommuner, Lansting. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 22 May 1996. �