Luxembourg 1868 Constitution (reviewed 2009)

Chapter IX. Of the Communes

Article 107

1. The communes form autonomous collectivities on a territorial basis, possessing juridical personality and managing by their organs their patrimony and their own interests.
2. There is in each commune a communal council directly elected by the inhabitants of the commune; the conditions to be an elector or eligible are regulated by the law.
3. The council establishes annually the budget of the commune and orders the accounts. It may establish the communal regulations, except in case of urgency. It may establish communal taxes, with the approval of the Grand Duke. The Grand Duke has the right to dissolve the council.
4. The commune is administered under the authority of the college of the mayors and aldermen , of which the members must be chosen from among the communal councillors. The conditions of nationality to which the members of the college of mayors and aldermen must comply are determined by a law voted under the conditions of Article 114 paragraph 2 of the Constitution.
5. The law regulates the composition, the organization and the attributions of the organs of the commune. It establishes the status of the communal functionaries. The commune participates in the implementation of education in the manner specified by the law.
6. The law regulates the supervision of the communal administration. It can submit certain acts of the communal organs to the approval of the supervising authority and equally see to their amendment or suspension in case of illegality or of incompatibility with the general interest, without prejudice to the attributions of the judicial or administrative tribunals.

Article 108

The wording of the acts of civil status and the maintaining of registers are exclusively within the attributions of the communal authorities.