1 Model inter-state agreements

1 Model inter-state agreements

 

Introductory note: The system of inter-state agreements aims above all to define precisely the context, forms and limits which States favour for territorial authority action, and to eliminate legal uncertainties likely to create problems (definition of the applicable law, judicial authorities, possible avenues of appeal, etc).

Further, the conclusion of inter-state agreements between the States concerned promoting transfrontier co-operation between local authorities would undoubtedly be advantageous in the following respects:

- official recognition of the legitimacy of such co-operation procedures and encouragement for local authorities to use them;

- purpose and conditions of intervention by supervisory or controlling authorities;

- exchange of information between States;

- links which may be established between such forms of co-operation and other procedures for concerted action in frontier areas;

- amendment of legal rules or interpretations thereof which hinder transfrontier co-operation etc.

The system of multiple choice model agreements enables governments to place frontier co-operation within whatever context is best suited to their needs by using the inter-state agreement for the promotion of transfrontier co-operation (1.1) as a foundation and supplementing it with any of the various options (model agreements 1.2 to 1.5). States could have recourse either to one option only or to more or even all of them, and they could do so either simultaneously or in stages. In the case of agreements between States which already have similar legal systems, such as the Scandinavian states, recourse to agreements of such a specific kind might prove unnecessary.

 

 1.1  Modelinter-state  agreement  for  the  promotion  of  transfrontier

      co-operation                                                       

 1.2  Model inter-state agreement on transfrontier regional  consultation

 1.3  Model inter-state agreement  on  local  transfrontier  consultation

 1.4  Model   inter-state   agreement   on   contractual    transfrontier

      co-operation between local authorities                             

 1.5  Model     inter-state   agreement  on   organs   of   transfrontier

      co-operation between local authorities                             

 1.6  Model  agreement  on interregional and/or  intermunicipal  economic

      and social co-operation                                            

 1.7  Model agreement on intergovernmental co-operation in the  field  of

      spatial planning                                                   

 1.8  Model    agreement  on   interregional    and/or     intermunicipal

      transfrontier co-operation in the field of spatial planning        

 1.9  Model  agreement  on  the creation and management of  transfrontier

      parks                                                              

 1.10 Model  agreement  on  the creation and  management of transfrontier

      rural parks                                                        

 1.11 Model  inter-state  agreement  on  transfrontier  co-operation   in

      matters concerning lifelong training, information, employment  and 

      working conditions                                                 

 1.12 Model inter-state agreement for the promotion of  transfrontier  or

      transnational school co-operation                                  

 1.13 Model  agreement on transfrontier or interterritorial  co-operation

      concerning land use along transfrontier rivers