Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Austria, on the other, on cooperation on management of water resources in the Danube Basin including the Statute of the Standing Committee on Management of Water Resources and the Final Protocol and Declaration.

The Contracting parties shall cooperate on water management, in particular, in carrying out water management tasks and implementing the water laws in the German and Austrian Danube Basin. Such cooperation shall, in particular, take the form of activities listed in article 2. The Contracting Parties shall notify each other in good time of major projects on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany or the Republic of Austria or where such projects might substantially influence the proper management of water resources on the territory of the other State. The Contracting Parties shall take the necessary measures within their respective legal systems to ensure that projects on stretches of water forming the frontier shall not have a substantial adverse effect on the condition of water resources on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany or the Republic of Austria. The competent authorities shall carry out control measurements of the quality of the waters (art. 5). The competent authorities shall coordinate their alarm, intervention and notification plans (art. 6). A Standing Committee on Management of Water Resources shall be set up. Its duty shall be to contribute to the solution of questions arising from the application of this Agreement through joint consultations (art. 7). Article 9 concerns resolution of disputes. The Declaration concerns areas of competence of the European Economic Community within the scope of the Agreement. These are specified in the legal instruments of the European Economic Community listed in the Annex.