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III. THE PERMITTED TASKS OF WUOs
IV. THE SOURCE OF WUO LEGISLATION AND THE LEGAL STATUS OF WUOs
(a) The source of WUO legislation
(b) The legal status of WUOs
V. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND OPERATING RULES
VI. IDENTIFICATION OF WUO PARTICIPANTS
(a) The relationship between WUOs and their participants
(b) The identification of participants
(c) Compulsory or voluntary participation
VIII. THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF WUOs
(a) The general assembly
(b) Voting within WUOs
(c) The management board
(d) The chairperson
(e) Other institutions
IX. PROVISIONS CONFERRING SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES ON PARTICIPANTS
(a) Rights of WUO participants
(b) Duties of WUO participants
(a) Approval of budgets and the level of charges
(b) Approval of amendments to governing documents
(c) Power to give directions
(d) Technical supervision
(e) Legal and financial supervision
(f) Powers to intervene
(g) Powers to order the dissolution of a WUO
XII. SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS CONFERRED ON WUOs
(a) Rights to use water and infrastructure
(b) Rights of access to land for the purposes of operation, maintenance and construction
(c) Rights to expropriate land
(d) Rights to make and enforce rules
(e) Rights to recover costs
(f) Rights to order participants to undertake works or to undertake such works and recover the costs from the participant
(g) Rights to charge non members at a differentiated rate
(h) Tax exemptions
XIII. DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND REORGANIZATION
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