]> Southern Europe Government Entities and Jurisdictions Ontology This ontology provides government entities and jurisdictions for countries that are defined as being part of Southern Europe in the U.N. M49 codes, primarily those that are considered independent countries in ISO 3166, or are important from a banking perspective. http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20200801/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to address hygiene issues with diacritical marks that are language-specific. The http://www.omg.org/spec/EDMC-FIBO/BE/20210201/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of this ontology was modified to replace references to Macedonia with NorthMacedonia from LCC 1.2. The https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/20220101/GovernmentEntities/EuropeanJurisdiction/SouthernEuropeGovernmentEntitiesAndJurisdictions.rdf version of the ontology was modified to use the Commons Ontology Library (Commons) Annotation Vocabulary rather than the OMG's Specification Metadata vocabulary. The initial version of this ontology reflects the national level only. Copyright (c) 2010-2023 EDM Council, Inc. Copyright (c) 2010-2023 Object Management Group, Inc. Albanian entity Entiteti shqiptar sovereign state and polity that is Albania Andorran entity Entitat andorrana sovereign state and polity that is Andorra Bosanskohercegovački entitet Bosanskohercegovački entitet Bosnian and Herzegovinian entity Босанскохерцеговачки ентитет federal sovereignty state and polity that is Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian entity Hrvatski entitet sovereign state and polity that is Croatia Government of Montenegro unitary, dominant-party, parliamentary constitutional republic that is located in South and Southeast Europe on the coast of the Balkans Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Vlada Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine Vlada Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine Влада Федерације Босне и Херцеговине federal parliamentary constitutional republic that is a representative democracy, located in South and Southeast Europe, within the Balkans Government of the Hellenic Republic Κυβέρνηση της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας unitary parliamentary republic, located on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe Government of the Holy See Governo della Santa Sede Imperium in Consiliis Sanctae Sedis unitary Christian absolute monarchy (under an ecclesiastical and elective theocracy), headquartered in, operates from, and exercises 'exclusive dominion' over the independent Vatican City State enclave in Rome, of which the pope is sovereign, administered by the Roman Curia Government of the See of Rome Gobierno del Reino de España Government of the Kingdom of Spain unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy, whose monarch is the head of state and prime minister is the head of government, located in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean Government of the Portuguese Republic Governo da República Portuguesa unitary, semi-presidential, constitutional, representative democratic republic, located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe Govern del Principat d’Andorra Government of the Principality of Andorra unitary parliamentary semi-elective diarchy, a sovereign landlocked microstate on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south Government of the Republic of Albania Qeveria e Republikës së Shqipërisë unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, located in Southeast Europe on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Sea Government of the Republic of Croatia Vlada Republike Hrvatske unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, located in Southeast Europe, bordering Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy Government of the Republic of Italy Governo della Repubblica Italiana unitary parliamentary, constitutional, democratic republic, consisting of a peninsula bordering the Alps and surrounded by several islands, located in south-central Europe Government of the Republic of Malta unitary parliamentary constitutional republic modelled on the Westminster system that is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea Government of the Republic of North Macedonia Влада на Република Северна Македонија unitary parliamentary, constitutional, democratic republic, located in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe Government of the Republic of San Marino Governo della Repubblica di San Marino unitary parliamentary, diarchic, directorial republic that is a microstate in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy, located on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains Government of the Republic of Serbia Влада Републике Србије unitary, dominant-party, parliamentary constitutional republic that is situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe in the southern Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans Government of the Republic of Slovenia Vlada Republike Slovenije unitary, parliamentary constitutional republic bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest Greek entity Ελληνική οντότητα sovereign state and polity that is Greece Entità della Santa Sede Holy See entity sovereign state and polity that is the Holy See Ente italiano Italian entity sovereign state and polity that is Italy juridiksioni i Shqipërisë jurisdiction of Albania jurisdiction of the judiciary of Albania, a system of courts that includes the supreme court, constitutional court, appeal court and administrative court, and whose Supreme Court of the Republic of Albania is the highest court and is the final court of appeal jurisdicció d’Andorra jurisdiction of Andorra jurisdiction of the judiciary of Andorra, composed of the Magistrates Court, the Criminal Law Court, the High Court of Andorra, and the Constitutional Court jurisdiction of Bosnia and Herzegovina nadležnost Bosne i Hercegovine nadležnost Bosne i Hercegovine надлежност Босне и Херцеговине jurisdiction of the judiciary of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the supreme, final arbiter of legal matters jurisdiction of Croatia nadležnost Hrvatske jurisdiction of the judiciary of Croatia, a civil law legal system in which law arises primarily from written statutes, influenced by German and Austrian legal systems, whose national courts include the Constitutional Court, which oversees violations of the Constitution, and the Supreme Court, which is the highest court of appeal jurisdiction of Greece δικαιοδοσία της Ελλάδας jurisdiction of the judiciary of the Hellenic Republic, whose supreme courts include the Court of Cassation, the Council of State and the Court of Auditors giurisdizione dell'Italia jurisdiction of Italy jurisdiction of the judiciary of Italy, a system of courts that is based on Roman law modified by the Napoleonic code and later statutes, comprising the Supreme Court of Cassation, the highest court in Italy for both criminal and civil appeal cases, and the Constitutional Court of Italy (Corte Costituzionale) jurisdiction of Malta jurisdiction of the judiciary of Malta, which is based partially on English law and partly on Continental law, that interprets and applies the laws of Malta to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution jurisdiction of Montenegro jurisdiction of the judiciary of Montenegro, that interprets and applies the laws of Montenegro, and has been working with the European Union over the last several years to increase judicial independence and accountability jurisdiction of North Macedonia јурисдикција на Северна Македонија jurisdiction of the judiciary of North Macedonia, an independent judicial branch that includes a constitutional court jurisdiction of Portugal jurisdição de portugal jurisdiction of the judiciary of Portugal, a system of courts that together constitute one of the four organs of Sovereignty as defined by the Portuguese Constitution giurisdizione di San Marino jurisdiction of San Marino jurisdiction of the judiciary of San Marino, including the Council of Twelve, which forms the judicial branch during the period of legislature of the Council jurisdiction of Serbia надлежност Србије jurisdiction of the judiciary of Serbia, a three-tiered judicial system that includes the Supreme Court of Cassation as the court of the last resort, Courts of Appeal as the appellate instance, and Basic and High courts as the general jurisdictions at first instance jurisdiction of Slovenia pristojnost Slovenije jurisdiction of the judiciary of Slovenia, a system of courts with general responsibilities and specialised courts that deal with matters relating to specific legal areas, including a Constitutional Court at the highest level jurisdicción de España jurisdiction of Spain jurisdiction of judiciary of Spain, a system of courts that includes senior judges - the President and judges of the Constitutional Court (the highest tribunal in the Kingdom) - that interprets and applies the law in Spain giurisdizione della Santa Sede ius proprium Sanctae Sedis jurisdiction of the Holy See jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, known as the pope, which includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome with universal ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the worldwide Catholic Church, as well as a sovereign entity of international law, governing the Vatican City Maltese entity sovereign state and polity that is Malta Montenegrin entity sovereign state and polity that is Montenegro North Macedonian entity Северномакедонски субјект sovereign state and polity that is North Macedonia Entidade portuguesa Portuguese entity sovereign state and polity that is Portugal Ente sammarinese Sammarinese entity sovereign state and polity that is San Marino Serbian entity Српски ентитет sovereign state and polity that is Serbia Slovene entity Slovenska entiteta sovereign state and polity that is Slovenia Entidad española Spanish entity sovereign state and polity that is Spain