Article 1

The Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland are hereby authorised, under the conditions laid down in Articles 2 and 3, to apply measures derogating from Directive 2006/112/EC in relation to the construction and subsequent maintenance of one border bridge crossing the Oder (Odra) and one border bridge crossing the Lausitzer Neiße (Nysa Łużycka), and the maintenance of two existing border bridges over the Oder (Odra) and nine existing border bridges over the Lausitzer Neiße (Nysa Łużycka), all of which are partly within the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and partly within the territory of the Republic of Poland. Details of the bridges in question are given in the Annex to this Decision. This authorisation shall also apply to any additional bridges which are brought into the scope of the Agreement concluded between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland on the responsibility for the construction or maintenance of trans-border bridges by an exchange of diplomatic notes.