Data entry notes:
Authentic texts are in German and French. The letters of the Govern ment of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are dated 16 October 1980 and 7 August 1981, respectively.; The Agreement concerns German-French-Luxembourg cooperation in the form of activities of common interest, particularly in the administrative, technical, social, economic and cultural fields in the following frontier areas listed in article 2: Saarland; areas in Land Rhineland-Palatinate - the Trier and Westpfalz region's and Landkreis Birkenfeld; the Departments of Meuse, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges; the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The implementation of such co-operation shall be entrusted to an Intergovernmental Commission and a Regional Commission, who se task will be to facilitate the examination of contiguity problems in the frontier areas. In particular, the Intergovernmental Commission shall (a) deal with the general aspects of cooperation questions; (b) formulate recommendations to the Contracting Parties and, when appropriate, prepare draft agreements. The Regional Commission shall (a) deal with the regional aspects of cooperation questions; (b) report to the Intergovernmental Commission and, when necessary, (c) submit recommendations to it. According to the provisions of article 7 the Agreement shall not affect the activities of bodies which have been or may be established under international agreements. The frontier areas to which the Agreement applies are shown in the map annexed thereto.
