The reason for this is that most of the measures provided under the Charter call for the determination of a geographic scope of application differing from the territory of the country as a whole. Therefore, in addition to the obligations under Part II of the Charter, the Federal Republic of Germany has no tified the Council of Europe of the specific provisions of Part III of the Charter, which are complied with by Germany in respect of the regional or minority languages Danish, Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian, North Frisian and Saterland Frisian, and Low German (in the following Länder:
Cette définition est directement liée au fait que la plupart des dispositions de la Charte appellent la détermination d’une « aire géographique » qui ne soit pas l’ensemble du territoire national.