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Article 143* (Region) A region is a self-governing local community that manages local affairs of wider importance, and certain affairs of regional importance provided by law. Regions are established by a law which also determines their territory, seat, and name. Such law is adopted by the National Assembly by a two-thirds majority vote of deputies present. The participation of the municipalities must be guaranteed in the procedure for adopting the law. The state transfers by law the performance of specific duties within the state competence to the regions and must provide to them the necessary financial resources to enable such. *As amended by the Constitutional Act Amending Articles 121, 140 and 143 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, adopted on 20 June 2006 and entered into force on 27 June 2006 (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 68/06). The original text of Article 143 read as follows: (Wider Self-Governing Local Communities) Municipalities may independently decide to join into wider self-governing local communities, as well as regions, in order to regulate and manage local affairs of wider importance. In agreement with such communities, the state may transfer specific matters within the state competence into their original competence and determine the participation of such communities in proposing and performing particular matters within the state competence. The principles and criteria regarding the transfer of competence from the preceding paragraph are regulated by law.