The Cross-Border Cooperation Agreement

Abstract

This study aims to achieve a short analysis of cross-border cooperation agreements between territorial-administrative units in the border areas of Romania and similar structures in neighboring states. The article investigates the form they takes these agreements – contract or treaty –, the role of multinational enterprises and the law applicable to transnational contracts, the cross-border cooperation agreement governed by Law no. 215/2001 on local public administration and its legal nature. The end of the article is discussed cross-border cooperation in international documents signed by Romania with its neighbors.

Keywords: cross-border cooperation agreement, public contract, international treaty, territorial-administrative units, transnational contracts, multinational companies

JEL Classification: K23