Artikel 2 Protocol Nr. 2 bij de Europese Kaderovereenkomst inzake grensoverschrijdende samenwerking tussen territoriale gemeenschappen of autoriteiten, betreffende interterritoriale samenwerking

Article 2 1 Each Contracting Party shall recognise and respect the right of territorial communities or authorities within its jurisdiction and referred to in Articles 1 and 2 of the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities (hereinafter referred to as “the Outline Convention "), to engage in discussions and to draw up, within common fields of responsibility, interterritorial co-operation agreements, in accordance with the procedures laid down in their statutes, in conformity with national law and insofar as such agreements are in keeping with the Contracting Party's international commitments. 2 An interterritorial co-operation agreement shall entail only the responsibilities of the territorial communities or authorities which have concluded it.