Concordat between the Canton of Appenzell I.Rh. and the Catholic Confessional Branch of the Canton of St. Gallen on the ecclesiastical public law status of members of Catholic parishes in the Canton of St. Gallen residing in Oberegg

1. The Catholic Church Communities of Berneck and Marbach are authorized to regulate, by agreement with the Church Community of Oberegg, the status under state church law of members of their parishes residing in the District of Oberegg, Appenzell I.Rh.

2. For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, members of the parish of the Church Community of Berneck are deemed to be the Catholic inhabitants of the hamlets of Büriswilen, Möser, Spielberg, Sonderegg, Oberhof, Bechtenreute, and the areas located eastwards in the District of Oberegg.

3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, members of the parish of the Church Community of Marbach are deemed to be the Catholic inhabitants of the hamlets of Boden and Kapf.

1. By virtue of an agreement pursuant to Art. 1 of this Concordat, the parishes of Berneck and Marbach may recognize the parishioners mentioned in Art. 1 Para. 2 and Art. 1 Para. 3 as full members of their parish with all rights and obligations.

1. The church tax for the Oberegger Catholics incorporated into the aforementioned St. Gallen church communities is levied according to Innerrhoden law by the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden and transferred to the respective St. Gallen church communities. The amount of the tax is determined based on the amount that a member of a St. Gallen Catholic church community in Berneck or Marbach would have to pay under the same income and asset conditions.

1. The contracts concluded pursuant to this Concordat are subject to the approval of the Administrative Council of the Catholic Confessional Part of the Canton of St.Gallen and the State Commission of Appenzell I.Rh.