SECTION 278

The Regional Council shall deliberate, in particular, on: 1- development plans and programmes; 2- budgets and administrative and management accounts; 3- the creation and management of public amenities of regional interest in the areas of secondary education, health, public hygiene and sanitation, road and communications infrastructure classified under the regional domain, public transport and road traffic plans, water and energy, fairs and markets, youth, sports, arts and culture, and artisanal mining activities in the region; 4- the management of areas of regional interest, especially the fight against pollution and nuisances, the organization of agricultural and animal health activities, land management, the acquisition and disposal of heritage properties, the management of forest, wildlife and fishery resources; 5- the creation and management of regional public services; 6- the organization of economic activities; 7- the organization of craft and tourist activities; 8- the organization of social promotion and protection activities; 9- the fixing of regional tax rates in accordance with the brackets set by law; 10- acceptance or rejection of donations, grants and legacies; 11- leases and other agreements; 12- loans and loan guarantees or endorsements; 13- grant of subsidies; 14- shareholding; 15- twinning projects and cooperation with other domestic or foreign regional authorities; 16- personnel management arrangements; 17- the standing orders providing, inter alia, conditions for the functioning of regional committees; 18- the system and conditions of access to and use of all types of water points.