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Number of subnational governments

local intermediate regionalAustria 2,354 9

Belgium 589 10 6

Bulgaria 1 264

Cyprus 2 524

Czech Republic 6,253 14

Denmark 98 5

Estonia 226

Finland 320 1

France 36,786 101 26

Germany 11,252 295 16

Greece 325 13

Hungary 3,175 19

Ireland 80 34 10

Italy 8,092 110 20

Latvia 119

Lithuania 1 60

Luxembourg 106

Malta 1 68 5

Netherlands 408 12

Poland 2,479 380 16

Portugal 1 308 2

Romania 1 3,181 41

Slovakia 3,028 8

Slovenia 211

Spain 8,167 19

Sweden 290 20

United Kingdom 1

• England 353 1• Northern Ireland 26• Scotland 32• Wales 22

TOTAL EU 27 89,196 990 203

1 Existence of a structured sub-municipal level (communities, localities, settlements)2 9 municipalities and 135 communities, whilst maintaining their legal status, are displaced from the area which is not under the control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. The council members are elected through separate elections in the free part of Cyprus.

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1st country 2nd country 3rd country Austria 849 DE: 375 IT: 111 HU: 71

Belgium 795 FR: 294 DE: 128 RO: 114

Bulgaria 259 RO: 49 GR: 48 IT: 26

Cyprus 113 FR: 83 RO: 6 FR: 5

Czech Republic 1,087 PL: 331 DE: 310 SK: 101

Denmark 479 FI: 120 SE: 102 DE: 81

Estonia 507 FI: 246 SE: 116 LV: 43

Finland 893 SE: 285 EE: 246 DK: 120

France 6,604 DE: 2,281 UK: 1,065 IT: 881

Germany 6,014 FR: 2,281 PL: 1,021 UK: 492

Greece 399 IT: 90 CY: 83 BG: 48

Hungary 1,524 RO: 474 SK: 229 DE: 225

Ireland 258 FR: 155 UK: 32 IT: 20

Italy 2,601 FR: 881 DE: 434 RO: 209

Latvia 336 SE: 63 DE: 55 LT: 54

Lithuania 375 PL: 174 LV: 54 SE: 42

Luxembourg 114 FR: 21 DE: 15 IT: 13

Malta 67 IT: 47FR/DE/

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Netherlands 550 DE: 156 PL: 86 CZ: 53

Poland 2,989 DE: 1,021 CZ: 331 FR: 278

Portugal 380 FR: 174 ES: 86 DE: 27

Romania 1,758 FR: 601 HU: 474 IT: 209

Slovakia 699 PL: 258 HU: 229 CZ: 101

Slovenia 137 IT: 39 HU: 23 AT: 17

Spain 963 FR: 518 IT: 178 PT: 86

Sweden 911 FI: 285 EE: 116 DK: 102

United Kingdom 2,007 FR: 1,065 DE: 492 IT: 68

TOTAL EU 27 33,668

* data from 2010

Calendrier des élections locales et régionalesCalendar of local and regional elections

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Austria regions (4)municipalities (Salzburg) and region (Vorarlberg)

Belgium regions (3)

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czech Republic municipalities

Denmark municipalities and regions

Estonia municipalities

Finland

France municipalities

Germany municipality (1) and regions (3) municipalities (11) and provinces (3)

Greece municipalities and regions

Hungary municipalities and counties

Ireland cities (3) and counties (28)

Italy provinces and regions

Latvia municipalities and cities

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta municipalities (34) and regions (5)

Netherlands municipalities

Polandmunicipalities,

counties and regions

Portugal municipalities

Romania county (1)

Slovakia regions

Slovenia municipalities

Spain

Sweden municipalities et regions

United Kingdom

• England municipalities (35) municipalities (164)

• Northern Ireland

• Scotland

• Wales

Socio-economic data

Area (km²)

Inhabitants (thousand)

GDP (€ Bn)

GDP / capita

(€)

GDP 2011/2010

(% in volume)

Austria 83.871 8.421 300,7 35.710 2,7

Belgium 30.528 10.978 369,8 33.689 1,8

Bulgaria 111.002 7.348 38,5 5.237 1,7

Cyprus* 5.695 851 18,0 21.130 0,5

Czech Rep. 78.868 10.497 156,2 14.882 1,9

Denmark 43.098 5.569 240,5 43.177 1,1

Estonia 45.227 1.340 16,0 11.902 8,3

Finland 338.145 5.387 189,4 35.150 2,7

France 633.210 65.176 1.996,6 30.634 1,7

Germany 357.027 81.779 2.592,6 31.703 3,0

Greece 131.957 11.291 208,5 18.469 -7,1

Hungary 93.029 9.972 99,8 10.010 1,6

Ireland 69.797 4.491 159,0 35.406 1,4

Italy 301.336 60.749 1.579,7 26.003 0,4

Latvia 64.589 2.058 20,2 9.820 5,5

Lithuania 65.300 3.030 30,8 10.167 5,9

Luxembourg 2.586 519 42,6 82.065 1,7

Malta 316 419 6,5 15.627 1,6

Netherlands 41.528 16.691 602,0 36.066 1,0

Poland 312.685 38.526 369,7 9.595 4,3

Portugal 92.152 10.651 171,0 16.059 -1,6

Romania 238.391 21.378 131,3 6.143 2,2

Slovakia 49.034 5.441 69,1 12.702 3,2

Slovenia 20.273 2.053 36,2 17.621 0,6

Spain 505.997 46.125 1.063,4 23.054 0,4

Sweden 449.964 9.442 387,6 41.050 3,7

United Kingdom 243.820 62.735 1.750,4 27.901 0,9

TOTAL EU 27 4.409.423 502.655 12.651,0 25.168 1,5

* Data for Cyprus refer to the government controlled area.

Public sector expenditure

€ billion €/capita % of GDP

Austria 152.0 18,050 50.5

Belgium 197.1 17,952 53.3

Bulgaria 13.7 1,867 35.6

Cyprus 8.3 9,744 46.1

Czech Republic 67.2 6,405 43.0

Denmark 138.6 24,884 57.6

Estonia 6.1 4,558 38.3

Finland 103.8 19,262 54.8

France 1,118.7 17,165 56.0

Germany 1,174.5 14,362 45.3

Greece 108.0 9,565 51.8

Hungary 49.5 4,966 49.6

Ireland 76.5 17,044 48.1

Italy 788.1 12,974 49.9

Latvia 7.8 3,772 38.4

Lithuania 11.5 3,802 37.4

Luxembourg 17.9 34,429 42.0

Malta 2.8 6,569 42.0

Netherlands 299.9 17,970 49.8

Poland 161.1 4,181 43.6

Portugal 84.4 7,922 49.3

Romania 51.7 2,418 39.4

Slovakia 26.4 4,849 38.2

Slovenia 18.3 8,939 50.7

Spain 480.1 10,409 45.2

Sweden 198.4 21,009 51.2

United Kingdom 848.6 13,526 48.5

TOTAL EU 27 6,211.0 12,356 49.1

€ billion €/capital % of GDP% public

expenditure

Austria 51.1 6,072 17.0 33.6

Local sector alone 23.3 2,768 7.8 17.2Belgium 82.1 7,482 22.2 41.7

Local sector alone 26.0 2,373 7.0 13.2Germany 537.1 6,568 20.7 45.7

Local sector alone 202.1 2,472 7.8 21.0Spain 261.5 5,670 24.6 54.5

Local sector alone 72.9 1,580 6.9 40.8Bulgaria 2.6 350 6.7 18.8

Cyprus 0.4 491 2.3 5.0

Czech Republic 17.7 1,691 11.4 26.4

Denmark 89.3 16,042 37.2 64.5

Estonia 1.5 1,155 9.7 25.3

Finland 42.4 7,863 22.4 40.8

France 234.4 3,597 11.7 21.0

Greece 6.4 566 3.1 5.9

Hungary 11.4 1,147 11.5 23.1

Ireland 9.2 2,043 5.8 12.0

Italy 241.2 3,970 15.3 30.6

Latvia 2.2 1,061 10.8 28.1

Lithuania 3.1 1,029 10.1 27.1

Luxembourg 2.3 4,391 5.4 12.8

Malta 0.0 106 0.7 1.6

Netherlands 99.3 5,949 16.5 33.1

Poland 52.3 1,358 14.1 32.5

Portugal 12.0 1,126 7.0 14.2

Romania 13.3 621 10.1 25.7

Slovakia 4.6 840 6.6 17.3

Slovenia 3.5 1,707 9.7 19.1

Sweden 97.5 10,330 25.2 49.2

United Kingdom 231.2 3,685 13.2 27.2

TOTAL EU 27 2,109.8 4,197 16.7 34.0

Local sector alone 1,502.3 2,989 11.9 27.2

Subnational public sector expenditure

Main areas of subnational public sector expenditure

EducationSocial

protectionGeneral services Health

Eco-nomic affairs Other*

Austria 18.5 19.6 15.3 22.4 13.7 10.5Local sector alone 17.5 19.5 16.7 19.2 11.9 15.3

Belgium 32.3 18.1 18.4 1.6 15.5 14.1Local sector alone 19.8 17.3 23.1 2.6 9.2 27.9

Germany 21.2 24.1 23.7 2.4 12.5 16.2Local sector alone 14.5 32.4 17.9 1.8 13.6 19.8

Spain 19.5 7.4 18.3 25.0 12.4 17.4Local sector alone 3.6 9.4 31.6 1.6 14.8 39.0

Bulgaria 33.4 7.3 10.3 9.2 12.9 26.9Cyprus 0.0 0.0 43.4 0.0 0.0 56.6Czech Republic 29.0 11.2 12.4 2.0 22.8 22.5Denmark 10.7 55.2 4.0 22.4 4.1 3.6Estonia 39.4 8.1 8.2 16.2 10.5 17.7Finland 18.7 24.8 14.5 29.4 6.2 6.5France 15.3 17.7 17.0 0.7 13.3 36.0Greece 1.5 12.1 45.1 0.0 15.9 25.3Hungary 29.1 12.5 19.2 15.0 10.2 13.9Ireland 21.3 5.3 1.9 0.0 24.6 46.9Italy 7.5 5.0 13.8 47.3 13.6 12.8Latvia 36.7 9.6 8.8 8.5 16.5 19.9Lithuania 34.3 11.9 5.3 20.0 9.7 18.9Luxembourg 17.1 5.0 25.0 0.3 16.1 36.5Malta 0.0 0.0 54.8 0.0 12.3 33.1Netherlands 28.3 15.2 8.0 1.6 18.2 28.7Poland 26.4 12.5 9.6 14.7 17.1 20.2Portugal 10.6 6.7 29.6 5.0 20.0 28.1Romania 21.4 17.1 11.7 8.4 18.7 22.7Slovakia 38.8 6.8 15.5 0.3 14.3 24.2Slovenia 34.9 9.8 10.1 10.2 12.7 22.3Spain 19.5 7.4 18.3 25.0 12.4 17.4

Sweden 21.3 26.3 11.0 27.4 6.0 8.0

United Kingdom 33.3 29.7 5.2 0.0 8.5 23.3

TOTAL EU 27 20.6 19.5 15.6 13.3 12.3 18.8Local sector alone 18.3 21.2 13.5 13.2 12.2 21.7

* Housing and community amenities, public order and safety, recreation and culture, environment and defence.

In % of expenditure in 2010

Public sector direct capital expenditure

€ billion €/capita % of GDP% public

expenditure

Austria 2.9 344 1.0 1.9

Belgium 6.2 562 1.7 3.1

Bulgaria 1.3 177 3.4 9.5

Cyprus 0.6 747 3.5 7.7

Czech Republic 4.4 421 2.8 6.6

Denmark 5.2 928 2.1 3.7

Estonia 0.5 339 2.8 7.4

Finland 4.7 865 2.5 4.5

France 63.0 966 3.2 5.6

Germany 41.3 505 1.6 3.5

Greece 2.6 230 1.2 2.4

Hungary 3.0 303 3.0 6.1

Ireland 4.1 923 2.6 5.4

Italy 28.4 467 1.8 3.6

Latvia 0.8 394 4.0 10.4

Lithuania 1.3 414 4.1 10.9

Luxembourg 1.7 3 179 3.9 9.2

Malta 0.2 382 2.4 5.8

Netherlands 19.5 1 169 3.2 6.5

Poland 20.5 533 5.6 12.8

Portugal 4.4 413 2.6 5.2

Romania 7.1 334 5.4 13.8

Slovakia 1.5 269 2.1 5.5

Slovenia 1.3 644 3.7 7.2

Spain 30.0 651 2.8 6.3

Sweden 12.5 1322 3.2 6.3

United Kingdom 36.7 586 2.1 4.3

TOTAL EU 27 305.6 608 2.4 4.9

Md €

€ / capita

% of GDP

% expen-diture

% public cap. Exp.

Austria 1.9 223 0.6 3.7 64.9

Local sector alone 1.1 125 0.3 4.5 36.3Belgium 5.5 504 1.5 6.7 89.6

Local sector alone 2.9 266 0.8 11.2 47.4Germany 31.2 382 1.2 5.8 75.5

Local sector alone 20.5 250 0.8 10.1 49.5Spain 21.9 474 2.1 8.4 72.8

Local sector alone 10.0 218 0.9 13.8 33.5Bulgaria 0.4 59 1.1 17.0 33.6

Cyprus 0.1 151 0.7 30.6 20.2

Czech Republic 3.4 326 2.2 19.3 77.3

Denmark 3.5 620 1.4 3.9 66.8

Estonia 0.2 145 1.2 12.5 42.7

Finland 3.3 615 1.7 7.8 71.1

France 46.0 706 2.3 19.6 73.1

Greece 1.0 88 0.5 15.6 38.4

Hungary 1.7 175 1.7 15.2 57.7

Ireland 2.3 503 1.4 24.6 54.6

Italy 22.9 378 1.5 9.5 80.9

Latvia 0.5 221 2.2 20.8 56.0

Lithuania 0.6 209 2.1 20.3 50.5

Luxembourg 0.7 1308 1.6 29.8 41.1

Malta 0.0 31 0.2 28.8 8.0

Netherlands 12.8 765 2.1 12.9 65.4

Poland 10.6 275 2.9 20.3 51.6

Portugal 2.2 207 1.3 18.4 50.1

Romania 3.4 158 2.6 25.4 47.3

Slovakia 0.9 168 1.3 20.1 62.6

Slovenia 0.7 359 2.0 21.0 55.8

Sweden 7.1 756 1.8 7.3 57.2

United Kingdom 19.6 313 1.1 8.5 53.5

TOTAL EU 27 204.6 407 1.6 9.7 66.9

Local sector alone 178.6 355 1.4 11.9 58.4

Subnational public sector direct capital expenditure

Public sector revenue

Total revenue Fiscal revenue

€ billion

€/ capita

% of GDP

€ billion

€ / capita

% of GDP

Austria 144.4 17.154 48.0 82.2 9.757 27.3

Belgium 182.7 16.645 49.4 108.2 9.860 29.3

Bulgaria 12.9 1.760 33.6 7.6 1.030 19.7

Cyprus 7.2 8.413 39.8 4.7 5.547 26.3

Czech Republic 62.2 5.922 39.8 29.3 2.788 18.7

Denmark 133.9 24.042 55.7 112.4 20.176 46.7

Estonia 6.3 4.695 39.4 3.3 2.427 20.4

Finland 102.0 18.935 53.9 58.1 10.778 30.7

France 1,014.8 15.571 50.8 540.6 8.295 27.1

Germany 1,154.9 14.122 44.5 593.8 7.261 22.9

Greece 88.2 7.811 42.3 44.9 3.978 21.5

Hungary 53.8 5.392 53.9 23.6 2.364 23.6

Ireland 55.4 12.340 34.9 37.6 8.379 23.7

Italy 728.3 11.989 46.1 455.8 7.503 28.9

Latvia 7.1 3.435 35.0 3.8 1.843 18.8

Lithuania 9.8 3.241 31.9 4.9 1.626 16.0

Luxembourg 17.7 34.158 41.6 11.1 21.330 26.0

Malta 2.6 6.146 39.3 1.8 4.226 27.0

Netherlands 273.3 16.375 45.4 139.6 8.362 23.2

Poland 142.5 3.698 38.5 77.1 2.001 20.9

Portugal 76.9 7.217 44.9 40.4 3.789 23.6

Romania 44.1 2.065 33.6 25.0 1.169 19.0

Slovakia 23.0 4.221 33.2 11.0 2.027 16.0

Slovenia 16.0 7.815 44.3 8.0 3.875 22.0

Spain 379.7 8.231 35.7 210.5 4.563 19.8

Sweden 199.1 21.084 51.4 143.9 15.239 37.1

United Kingdom 711.7 11.345 40.7 509.2 8.116 29.1

TOTAL EU 27 5,650.6 11.241 44.7 3,288.1 6.541 26.0

Subnational public sector revenue

€ billion

€ / capita

% of GDP

% public sector revenue

Austria 50.3 5,973 16.7 34.8

Local sector alone 23.2 2,754 7.7 16.1Belgium 81.1 7,388 21.9 44.4

Local sector alone 25.8 2,352 7.0 14.1Germany 527.8 6,454 20.4 45.7

Local sector alone 204.1 2,495 7.9 17.7Spain 198.5 4,303 18.7 52.3

Local sector alone 63.9 1,385 6.0 16.8Bulgaria 2.6 349 6.7 19.8

Cyprus 0.4 475 2.2 5.7

Czech Republic 17.2 1,634 11.0 27.6

Denmark 89.4 16,060 37.2 66.8

Estonia 1.6 1,171 9.8 24.9

Finland 41.5 7,705 21.9 40.7

France 233.5 3,582 11.7 23.0

Greece 6.9 612 3.3 7.8

Hungary 12.1 1,210 12.1 22.4

Ireland 9.2 2,047 5.8 16.6

Italy 236.6 3,895 15.0 32.5

Latvia 2.1 1,002 10.2 29.2

Lithuania 3.0 991 9.7 30.6

Luxembourg 2.3 4,451 5.4 13.0

Malta 0.0 106 0.7 1.7

Netherlands 96.3 5,767 16.0 35.2

Poland 49.7 1,290 13.4 34.9

Portugal 11.3 1,064 6.6 14.7

Romania 12.5 582 9.5 28.2

Slovakia 4.6 837 6.6 19.8

Slovenia 3.5 1,699 9.6 21.7

Sweden 96.2 10,191 24.8 48.3

United Kingdom 229.7 3,661 13.1 32.3

TOTAL EU 27 2,019.7 4,018 16.0 35.7

Local sector alone 1,479.0 2,942 11.7 26.2

Subnational public sector tax revenue

€

billion

€/capita

% of GDP

%

revenue

% public sector tax revenue

Austria 26.9 3.199 9.0 53.6 32.8

Local sector alone 14.8 1.759 4.9 63.9 18.0Belgium 17.2 1.562 4.6 21.1 15.8

Local sector alone 8.5 775 2.3 32.9 7.9Germany 287.9 3,520 11.1 54.5 48.5

Local sector alone 77.3 945 3.0 37.9 13.0Spain 109.9 2,384 10.3 55.4 52.2

Local sector alone 31.9 691 3.0 49.9 15.1Bulgaria 0.3 43 0.8 12.3 4.2

Cyprus 0.1 105 0.5 22.2 1.9

Czech Republic 7.5 712 4.8 43.6 25.5

Denmark 30.6 5,498 12.7 34.2 27.2

Estonia 0.7 521 4.4 44.5 21.4

Finland 19.1 3,554 10.1 46.1 33.0

France 109.4 1,678 5.5 46.9 20.2

Greece 0.5 42 0.2 6.8 1.0

Hungary 2.4 242 2.4 20.0 10.2

Ireland 1.5 334 0.9 16.3 4.0

Italy 100.8 1,659 6.4 42.6 22.1

Latvia 1.1 533 5.4 53.2 28.9

Lithuania 0.8 269 2.6 27.1 16.5

Luxembourg 0.7 1,428 1.7 32.1 6.7

Malta 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Netherlands 8.7 520 1.4 9.0 6.2

Poland 14.9 387 4.0 30.0 19.4

Portugal 3.7 345 2.2 32.5 9.1

Romania 1.4 66 1.1 11.3 5.6

Slovakia 2.1 377 3.0 45.0 18.6

Slovenia 1.5 710 4.0 41.8 18.3

Sweden 58.9 6,237 15.2 61.2 40.9

United Kingdom 30.2 482 1.7 13.2 5.9

TOTAL EU 27 838.8 1,669 6.6 41.5 25.5

Local sector alone 529.3 1,053 4.2 35.8 16.1

Public sector budget balance and debt

Budget balance Debt

€ billion % of GDP € billion % of GDP

Austria -7.6 -2.5 217.8 72.4

Belgium -13.8 -3.7 361.6 97.8

Bulgaria -0.8 -2.0 6.3 16.3

Cyprus -1.1 -6.3 12.8 71.1

Czech Republic -5.1 -3.3 60.8 38.9

Denmark -4.4 -1.8 111.8 46.5

Estonia 0.2 1.1 1.0 6.1

Finland -1.2 -0.6 92.8 49.0

France -103.3 -5.2 1,717.0 86.0

Germany -20.2 -0.8 2,088.0 80.5

Greece -19.7 -9.4 355.7 170.6

Hungary 4.3 4.3 72.1 72.3

Ireland -21.3 -13.4 169.2 106.4

Italy -61.8 -3.9 1,906.7 120.7

Latvia -0.7 -3.4 8.6 42.6

Lithuania -1.7 -5.5 11.9 38.5

Luxembourg -0.1 -0.3 7.8 18.3

Malta -0.2 -2.7 4.6 70.4

Netherlands -27.0 -4.5 394.2 65.5

Poland -18.6 -5.0 192.7 52.1

Portugal -7.5 -4.4 184.7 108.0

Romania -7.5 -5.7 44.7 34.0

Slovakia -3.4 -4.9 29.9 43.3

Slovenia -2.3 -6.4 17.0 46.9

Spain -100.4 -9.4 736.5 69.3

Sweden 1.4 0.4 151.0 39.0

United Kingdom -137.1 -7.8 1,546.7 88.4

TOTAL EU 27 -560.8 -4.4 10,433.9 82.5

Solde et dette du secteur publicSubnational public sector budget balance and debt

Budget balance Debt

€ billion % of GDP € billion % of GDP

% of public debt

Austria -0.8 -0.3 27.2 9.0 12.5Local sector alone -0.1 0.0 9.1 3.0 4.2

Belgium -1.0 -0.3 42.4 11.5 11.7Local sector alone -0.2 -0.1 18.2 4.9 5.0

Germany -9.4 -0.4 777.6 30.0 37.2Local sector alone 1.9 0.1 139.3 5.4 6.7

Spain -63.1 -5.9 176.8 16.6 24.0Local sector alone -9.0 -0.8 35.4 3.3 4.8

Bulgaria 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.3 7.7Cyprus 0.0 -0.1 0.3 1.9 2.6Czech Republic -0.6 -0.4 3.8 2.5 6.3Denmark 0.1 0.0 17.5 7.3 15.6Estonia 0.0 0.1 0.5 3.4 55.3Finland -0.9 -0.4 12.3 6.5 13.3France -0.9 0.0 166.9 8.4 9.7Greece 0.5 0.2 1.9 0.9 0.5Hungary 0.6 0.6 3.8 3.8 5.3Ireland 0.0 0.0 5.4 3.4 3.2Italy -4.8 -0.3 135.2 8.6 7.1Latvia -0.1 -0.5 1.2 6.1 14.3Lithuania -0.1 -0.4 0.6 1.8 4.8Luxembourg 0.0 0.1 1.0 2.3 12.5Malta 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1Netherlands -3.0 -0.5 51.7 8.6 13.1Poland -2.6 -0.7 14.6 4.0 7.6Portugal -0.7 -0.4 10.1 5.9 5.5Romania -0.8 -0.6 3.3 2.5 7.3Slovakia 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.6 6.1Slovenia 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.9 4.0Sweden -1.3 -0.3 27.3 7.0 18.1United Kingdom -1.5 -0.1 87.1 5.0 5.6TOTAL EU 27 -90.5 -0.7 1,571.5 12.4 15.1

Local sector alone -23.5 -0.2 749.6 5.9 7.2

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