State Treaty between the State of Lower Saxony and the Free Hanseatic City Bremen on cross-border land-use planning and land development. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Niedersachsen Document type Miscellaneous Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Sub-national agreement Land-use planning Land tenure Contract/agreement Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present State Treaty between the State of Lower Saxony and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen establishes that they shall cooperate in all matters concerning cross-border land-use planning and land development. Furthermore, they shall work together with the competent authorities to obtain an adequate implementation of the Regional Land Use Planning Programme. The text consists of 3 articles as follows: Establishment of common requirement of land use planning with a view to the responsibilities of Bremen and Bremerhaven (1); Framework for a land use planning contract relating to cooperation on a regional basis (2); Vote on proceedings relating to infrastructure measures (3). Full text German Website www.niedersachsen.de