All the functions and responsibilities established by the law in order to carry out the legal powers of public power by the central public administration, the local public administration and by all autonomous administrative authorities, designate the institution of the civil service. All the legislation in force defines the civil servant as the natural person, appointed under the law in a public position in Romania, who carries out the activities stipulated by the normative acts in force, activities that involve the exercise of the powers of public power. The total number of civil servants within the public administration central and local authorities and within the autonomous administrative authorities are the Corps of Civil Servants in Romania. The public state functions are established and approved according to the law, within the ministries, the specialized bodies of the central public administration, as well as within the autonomous administrative authorities. Territorial public functions are established and approved, according to the law, within the prefect institution, the deconcentrated public services of the ministries and the other bodies of the central public administration in the territorial-administrative units. The local public services are established and approved, according to the law, within their own apparatus, the local public administration authorities and the public institutions subordinated to them.