Keeping in mind the severe flooding of 2002, the purpose of the present sub-national agreement is to introduce an efficient coordination between on the one hand the Federal State, and on the other the Länder Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna with a view to adopot rapid and appropriate measures in case of flooding. At the same time, a related Ordinance shall be issued by the Federal Minister for Traffic, Innovation and Technology assigning power to the above-mentioned regions. Article 2 est