Primorsko-Goranska County is a unit of local (regional) government of all citizens residing on the territory of the City of Rijeka, the following 14 towns: Bakar, Cres, Crikvenica, Cabar, Delnice, Kastav, Kraljevica, Krk, Mali Losinj, Novi Vinodolski, Opatija, Rab, and Vrbovsko, as well as the following 21 municipalities: Baska, Brod Moravice, Cavle, Dobrinj, Fuzine, Jelenje, Klana, Kostrena, Lokve, Lovran, Malinska–Dubašnica, Matulji, Mošcenicka Draga, Mrkopalj, Omišalj, Punat, Ravna Gora, Skrad, Vinodolska, Viskovo and Vrbnik.

The County Assembly is the representative body of the citizens of Primorsko-Goranska County and the body of local (regional) government, which passes enactments within the framework of its jurisdiction and performs other duties in accordance with the Law and the Statute of the County. The Assembly comprises 42 members. The mandate of the members of the Assembly elected in regular elections on May 20, 2001 lasts for four years. The Assembly has a president and two vice-presidents, as well as 13 committees operating as permanent task forces. The Constituting Session of the County Assembly was held on July 5, 2001.

The executive bodies of the County include the President and the Government. The president is elected by the Assembly from among its own members while his or her duty is to represent the County. The president supervises the legality of the work of the administrative bodies and instructs them on their work. There are two deputy presidents.

The Government comprises 13 members. The president and vice-presidents also serve as president and vice-presidents of the Government. The members of the Government are elected for a four-year term by the Assembly, as a rule from among the members of the Assembly and upon recommendation by the president.

County Departments are constituted for the purpose of carrying out the work within the framework of the county jurisdiction. The departments are managed by department heads who are appointed by the Government based on a public call for applications and the recommendation by the president.

The County exercises independence in decisions on matters of local (regional) importance, particularly with reference to matters related to education, healthcare, town and country planning, zoning, economic development, traffic and traffic infrastructure, as well as the planning and development of a network of educational, healthcare, welfare and cultural institutions.

The County acts on the harmonization of interest and undertakes activities toward the achievement of even economic and social development of the towns and municipalities on the territory of the County, as well as the County as a whole. The County pays special attention to preserving and safeguarding the tradition and other values of the littoral area of Primorje, the Kvarner islands, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar.

The Region's arms is a German style shield divided into a base and two quarterings in the chief. In the first quartering (sinister, chief) there are twenty gules and silver squares, starting in the left corner with a gules square.
In the second quartering (dexter, chief) there is a silver, fortified town against a background of vert mountains with snowy tops and azure skies. It is all topped by a crossed golden sabre and silver mace.
In the third (base) quartering, which is of azur colour, there is a brown sailing ship with raised white sails and with the Croatian flag raised on its stern mast. Above the ship there is the six-point gold Francopan's star.(download .cdr V7 47 kb , .jpg 300 DPI 124 kb )

The Region's flag is bicolour with the Region's arms in the centre, so that the heart of the shield corresponds with the central point of the flag's diagonals. On the flag's blue field, from the upper and lower side, 1/16 of the flag's width apart, there is a white stripe, which is wide 1/16 of the flag's width. The proportion between the flag's width and length is 1:2.