Agreement on the respective areas of responsibility of the river police on the Elbe. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Hamburg Document type Miscellaneous Date 1974 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Sub-national agreement Inspection Navigation Inland waters Basin/catchment/watershed Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract In the interest of all parties concerned the Länder Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein agree on the transfer of the river policing of the Elbe to the Fre and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The Länder Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein agree also to transfer to the Land Hamburg the organization of the said policing activities in the areas listed in article 1 of the Agreement. Article 4 establishes that the resulting costs shall be divided by the contracting parties. The text consists of 5 articles. Full text German Website www.hamburg.de