Border: France-Italy-Monaco
Overview
Legal framework
THE ROME AGREEMENT
The Rome Agreement signed in 1993 between France and Italy was the first to establish an infra-state framework for cross-border cooperation on the French borders. Until then, any issue between the neighbouring countries had to be settled at the level of the States and communicated through the two ambassadors. The Rome Agreement applies to all the local authorities of the Corsica region and of the border departments of the Provence-Côte d'Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions in France, and all the local authorities in Italy located at least partly within 25 km of the French-Italian border.
The Agreement allows these authorities to sign cooperation agreements in the areas of urban and regional development, transport and communications, energy, environmental protection, treatment of solid waste and waste water, education and research, vocational training, public health and healthcare, culture and sport, mutual assistance in the event of disaster, economic and social development, improvement of land management structures, and tourism.
More info on the legal framework at the France-Italy-Monaco border (In French, members only)
