The ‘Law in the Books’ and the ‘Law in Action’ of Territorial Cooperation: Involvement of the Veneto Region in the EGTC “Euregio Senza Confini r.l. – Euregio Ohne Grenzen mbH”

Introduction: Reasons for Examining the EGTC in the Light of the ‘Law in the Books’ and ‘Law in Action’.Involvement of the Veneto Region in the EGTC Euregio: National Perspectives. The Legal Nature of the EGTC “Euregio Senza Confini r.l. – Euregio Ohne Grenzen mbH”.Distribution of Powers and Tasks of the EGTC “Euregio Senza Confini r.l. – Euregio Ohne Grenzen mbH”.The Nation-state in EU Territorial Cooperation?How Many ‘Laws in Action’ are there? The Outer Circle: EGTC as an Europäischer Rechtsraum. The Middle and Innermost Circles: Veneto Region’s Participatory Mechanisms in the EGTC Euregio. Does the ‘Law in Action’ of Territorial Cooperation Strengthen Italian Regions? From Legal Framework to EGTC Tasks, via Regional Competence