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In other states, referendums are legally binding, unless they relate to a question necessitating the passing of a law at national level. In Albania, for instance, referendums relating to geographical boundary changes, which necessitate a national law, are consultative; in Italy, the establishment of new regions and the transfer of an area from one region to another are the subject of consultative referendums; in the Czech Republic, more generally, referendums are consultative when they relate to a question that comes within the municipality’s consultative remit. In Malta, a consultative referendum is conceivable.