К ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЙ РАМОЧНОЙ КОНВЕНЦИИ О ПРИГРАНИЧНОМ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВЕ ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ СООБЩЕСТВ И ВЛАСТЕЙ, КАСАЮЩЕЙСЯ МЕЖТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНОГО СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА. Протокол. Совет Европы. 05.05.98 2

Preamble

     The member  States  of  the  Council  of Europe signatory to this
Protocol No.  2 to the European Outline  Convention  on  Transfrontier
Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities,
     Considering the conclusion, on 9 November 1995, of the Additional
Protocol  to  the Outline Convention,  concerning the legal effects of
acts performed within the framework of transfrontier co-operation  and
of  the  legal  status  of  any  co-operation  bodies  to be set up by
transfrontier cooperation agreements;
     Considering that,   in   order   to   perform   their   functions
effectively,  territorial communities or authorities are  increasingly
co-operating  not  only  with neighbouring authorities of other States
(transfrontier co-operation),  but also with foreign  non-neighbouring
authorities  having  common interests (interterritorial co-operation),
and are doing so  not  only  within  the  framework  of  transfrontier
co-operation  bodies  and  associations  of territorial communities or
authorities but also at bilateral level;
     Bearing in  mind  the  Vienna Declaration of 1993 of the heads of
State and government of the member States,  which recognised the  role
of  the Council of Europe in the creation of a tolerant and prosperous
Europe through transfrontier co-operation of  territorial  communities
or authorities;
     Noting that in the field of interterritorial  co-operation  there
is no instrument comparable to the Outline Convention;
     Wishing to give interterritorial  co-operation  an  international
legal framework,
     Have agreed the following provisions: