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 (Regensburg Agreement) - Statute of the Standing Committee on Management of Water Resources - Final Protocol.

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 take the form in particular of, (a) exchange of experience, (b) exchange of information on water management regulations and measures, (c) exchange of experts, (d) exchange of publications, regulations and guidelines, (e) participation in scientific and specialist meetings, (f) consideration of projects on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany or the Republic of Austria which might substantially influence the proper management of water resources on the territory of the other State, (g) consultations in the Standing Committee on Management of Water Resources. The Agreement shall not apply to questions concerning fisheries and shipping; the treatment of questions concerning the protection of the aquatic environment against pollution shall not, however, be thereby excluded. The Contracting Parties shall take the necessary measures within their respective legal systems to ensure that projects on stretches of water forming the frontier and the competent authorities shall also coordinate their alarm, intervention and notification plans for averting dangers. A Standing Committee on Management of Water Resources shall be set up. In Annex there is the statute of the Standing Committee and the final protocol (11 Articles and 2 Annexes).