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- (19) The establishing, coordination and unification of technical standards and procedures for engineering, architectural and city planning projects, and city planning/zoning legislation.
- (20) Public works in the national interest.
- (21) The macroeconomic, financial and fiscal policies of the Republic.
- (22) The governance and organization of the Social Security System.
- (23) National policy and legislation in the fields of health, housing, food safety, the environment, waters, tourism, zoning and shipping.
- (24) National education and health policies and services.
- (25) National policies for agricultural, livestock, fisheries and forest production.
- (26) The national transportation and shipping system and air, overland, ocean, river and lake transportation of a national nature; ports, airports and their infrastructure.
- (27) The national highway and railway systems.
- (28) Governance of postal and telecommunications services, as well as governance and management of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (29) General governance of residential public utility services, including in particular electricity, drinking water and gas.
- (30) Management of border policy with an overall vision of the country, such as to permit a Venezuelan presence and the maintenance of territory and sovereignty in these areas.
- (31) The organization and administration of justice at the national level, as well as the Office of General Prosecutor and the People Defender.
- (32) Legislation in the fields of constitutional guarantees, rights and duties; civil, mercantile, criminal, penological, procedural and private international law; election law; expropriation in the public interest or in the interest of society; public credit; intellectual, artistic and industrial property; cultural and archaeological heritage; agriculture; immigration and popula-
