municipalities, excluding their quasi partnerships (e.g. municipal public transport services);
intermunicipal cooperations in the field of waste processing, water treatment, fire brigades, sheltered workshops, etc.;
privatised local government services, such as job mediation centres and regional police forces;
institutions operating under private law concerned with labour, social work, culture and education, e.g. job pools, the Youth Work Guarantee Fund, centres for asylum seekers, museums, libraries, special education schools and tutoring services.