Partijen en gegevens

We approved, confirmed and ratified the said European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities with reservation subject to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

In Denmark, the Convention only takes effect with regard to municipalities (‘kommuner’) and regions (‘regioner’).

The Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Council of Europe present its compliments to the General Secretariat of the Council of Europe and has the honour to inform the Secretariat that, with regard to the continued application of treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany and the treatment of treaties of the German Democratic Republic following its accession to the Federal Republic of Germany with effect from 3 October 1990, the Treaty of 31 August 1990 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic on the establishment of German unity (Unification Treaty) contains the following relevant provisions.

1. Article 11 — Treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany

The contracting parties proceed on the understanding that international treaties and agreements to which the Federal Republic of Germany is a contracting party, including treaties establishing membership of international organizations or institutions, shall retain their validity and that the rights and obligations arising therefrom, with the exeption of the treaties named in Annex I, shall also relate to the territory specified in Article 3 of this Treaty, where adjustments become necessary in individual cases, the all-German Government shall consult with the respective contracting parties. (The treaties listed in Annex I concern matters of status and security.)

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The Federal Republic of Germany will proceed in accordance with these provisions.

Article 3(2)

The Kingdom of Spain, in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 2 of the Convention, declares that its application shall be subject to the previous conclusion of inter-state agreements with the other Party concerned.

Failing that, the effectiveness of transfrontier collaboration Agreements signed by territorial authorities or bodies will require the express consent of the Governments of the Parties concerned.

Article 3 (5)

The Kingdom of Spain, in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 5 of the Convention, specifies that the Authorities competent to exercise control or supervision with regard to the territorial communities and authorities concerned are: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Administrations.

Finland, according to the Article 2, paragraph 2 of the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities, intends to confine the scope of the Convention to municipalities and federations of municipalities which are competent for the transfrontier co-operation in Finland.

The Republic of Hungary hereby announces that until the recall of the present declaration the Hungarian authorities listed below are pronounced as those coming under the force of the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities on the basis of the Paragraph 2, Article 2 of the Convention, in compliance with the decrees of the Hungarian Law:

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Hungary declares that the National Assembly has decided to amend the Declaration made on 21 March 1994 to the Convention, with respect to pragraph[lees: paragraph] 2 of Article 2. In accordance with this decision, subparagraph b of the said Declaration changes as follows: ‘

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Withdrawal of the declaration to Article 2, paragraph 2.

In pursuance of paragraph 5 of Article 3 of the European Outline Convention, the Republic of Latvia declares that the authority competent to exercise control or supervision with regard to the territorial communities and authorities concerned is

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Administration of Local Government Affairs

Elizabetes str 2

Riga

LV – 1340, Latvia

phone: 371.7.338060, fax: 371.7.338063.

The Government of the Slovak Republic, referring to paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Convention, declares that its application shall be subject to the conclusion of inter-state agreements.

‛This Convention, taking effect with regard to the co-operation of local administrations of States with whom Turkey has diplomatic relations, will be valid only for the special provincial administrations, municipalities, villages and local authorities associations that are founded with this purpose in Turkey.’

Romania states that the enforcement of the Outline Convention, mentioned in Article 1, is subordinated to concluding interstate agreements, and that the area of enforcing the provisions related to the transfrontier co-operation is strictly limited to the territory of the border counties. In accordance with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Outline Convention, Romania declares that the stipulations of the Outline Convention are to be applied to communities and, respectively, territorial authorities designated to exercise regional competences, which, according to the legislation in force, are counties, and county councils, as well as to communities, and territorial authorities with competence in the field of exercising local functions, which are, according to the legislation in force, communes and towns, as well as their local councils from the border counties.

The Republic of Azerbaijan, referring to paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Convention, declares that its application shall be subject to the conclusion of inter-state agreements with the other Party concerned.

The Republic of Azerbaijan declares that it will be unable to guarantee compliance with the provisions of the Convention in its territories occupied by the Republic of Armenia until these territories are liberated from that occupation.

Georgia declares that, according to Article 3, paragraph 2, of the Convention within the scope of this Convention, Georgia will conduct transfrontier co-operation through the conclusion of interstate agreements with other contracting Parties to this Convention.

Georgia declares that, until the restoration of territorial integrity of Georgia, the Convention will not act on the territories of the Autonomous Republic of Abkazia and the former Autonomous District of South Ossetia, where Georgia is unable to exercise its full jurisdiction.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Outline Convention, the Principality of Monaco specifies that the scope of application of the Convention is limited to the municipality of Monaco, Monaco's territory being one municipality whose limits correspond to the State borders. The Principality intends to limit the scope of application of the co-operation to the following object, within the competences of the Town Council of Monaco: organisation of cultural, recreational, artistic and leisure events. In accordance with the provisions of Article 3, paragraph 5, of the Outline Convention, the Principality of Monaco indicates that the authority competent to exercise control in respect of the municipality of Monaco is the State Minister.

In accordance with Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Republic of Cyprus declares that the Convention shall apply exclusively to all local authorities, Municipalities and Communities as defined, created and functioning respectively under the erstwhile relevant Laws of the Republic of Cyprus, i.e. the Law on Municipalities and the Law on Communities.

In accordance with Article 3, paragraph 5, of the Convention, the competent authority, under the Law of the Republic of Cyprus, to exercise control or supervision with respect to the local communities and authorities covered by the Outline Convention (as well as for the implementation of the Convention and its Protocols), is the Minister of Interior and any other person authorised by the Minister for this purpose.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would also like to reiterate its objection, as this was submitted to the Council of Europe on 8 September 2011, related to the reservation made by the Republic of Turkey on 11 July 2001, in its ratification instrument of the Convention (ETS No. 106), limiting cooperation to local administrations of states with which the latter has diplomatic relations.

In accordance with Article 3, paragaph 5, of the Convention, the competent authorities are the Metropolitan Public Administration Office (Fõvárosi Közigazgatási Hivatal) and the County Public Administration Office (Megyei Közigazgatási Hivatal).