Presidential Decree No. 208/17 regulating the principles and norms for the organization and functioning of Local Government Bodies, establishing the respective organizational structures, as well as the operational mechanisms.

This Presidential Decree, consisting of 156 articles divided into seven Chapters and one Annex, regulates the principles and norms for the organization and functioning of Local Government Bodies, establishing the respective organizational structures, as well as their operational mechanisms in the field of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Environment, Health, Social Security, Gender Equality, Energy and Water resources. The organization and functioning of the Local State Administrations shall be governed, inter-alia, by equality, legality, fairness, equity, impartiality, accountability, respect for the public patrimony, as well as by the principles of decentralization, administrative procedures simplification and differentiation in the exercise of their activity. Chapters deal with the following matters: Organs of Local Administration of the State; Municipal Administration; Administration of Community, Urban District, and Population. The Annex deals with the Proposal for the Definition of the Organic Statutes of the Provincial, Municipal and Infrastructural Administrations.