Abstract
A public-law corporation is a member-organized public administration entity that has been entrusted with the power to independently perform public tasks. The state carries out those tasks that should be carried out at the same level throughout the territory, but there are tasks that are better secured by self-government.
Ownership of property is an important economic prerequisite for the existence of territorial self-government, and financial resources serve municipalities and regions to fulfill the tasks entrusted to them. The European aspect of local self-government is linked to the European Charter of Local Self-Government.
Territorial self-government is thus an expression of responsibility of the territorial community towards its citizens, but at the same time it is not completely independent from the state, because the state partially provides the means for the operation of territorial self-government.