Aspects Concerning Certain Powers of Regional Collectivities in EU Countries

The regionalisation forms existing in the European States correspond to political and administrative appropriate realities, where, applied models being different from one country to another, depending on the powers granted to regional authorities (by Constitution and legislative federal/national acts), institutions involved, the degree of decentralisation shown. The regional powers area may be, in some countries, broader, more varied, while for others, the regional level has a limited number of tasks so that it cannot outline a scheme for them in Europe, but it can be identified the existence of some common elements relating to the powers of regions. The paper presents the ways of exercising certain duties incumbent upon regional collectivities, considered by the typology of functions (social, economic and general), with exemplification of the areas of intervention in certain European countries.