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Some Euroregions include similar levels of authority, such
as regions and provinces. The Carpathian Euroregion is made
up of Hungarian megyes (counties), Ukrainian Oblasts
(regions), Polish Voivodships (provinces) and Romanian
Judets (counties) (the Slovak side currently participates
with observer status).
Other examples show a mixed structure. An example is the
Euregio Maas-Rhine where Dutch and Belgian provinces co-operate
together with "Regio Aachen" (association of German
municipalities) and the German community of Belgium. Another
example is the Euregio Saar-Lor-Lux-Rhine which includes not
only regions but also a country, the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg.
Associations of towns, communes and counties can also be
members of the Euroregions. A strategy widely used by the
Polish municipalities is that they first create a union of
municipalities registered by an appropriate court on the
basis of the Law on Associations. The union then signs with
an analogous foreign partner an agreement setting up a
Euroregional structure. The Czech-German Elbe/Labe
Euroregion also comprises two independent societies: on the
German side the Kommunalgemeinschaft Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge
e.V. and on the Czech side the Klub Euroregion Labe. Both
associations have concluded an agreement of co-operation.
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