%0 Journal Article %T The cross-border cooperation agreement %A C£¿t£¿lin-Silviu S£¿RARU %J Juridical Tribune %D 2011 %I Law Department of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies %X 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 ¨C contract or treaty ¨C, 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. %K cross-border cooperation agreement %K public contract %K international treaty %K territorial-administrative units %K transnational contracts %K multinational companies %U http://www.tribunajuridica.eu/arhiva/An1v1/nr1/art%206eng.pdf