Regulation (EC) No. 1082/2006 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p.19) of the European Parliament and of the Council (“the Regulation”) provided for the creation of a new form of body corporate: the European grouping of territorial cooperation. The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1949) supplemented the provisions of the Regulation to ensure the effective application of the Regulation in the United Kingdom.