The critical state of Italy being of such a nature as to foresee complications which could give Piedmont legitimate
 reasons to invoke the support of France, the Emperor of the French and the King of Sardinia have resolved to 
 consult together in advance in anticipation of the said eventualities, and, after having deliberated upon them, have
 agreed to the following articles:

 ARTICLE 1.
 In the event that, as the result of an aggressive act by Austria, war should break out between His Majesty
 the king of  Sardinia and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, an Offensive and  Defensive Alliance shall
 be concluded between His Majesty the  Emperor of the French and His Majesty the King of Sardinia.

 ARTICLE 2.
 The purpose of the Alliance shall be to free Italy from the Austrian occupation, to satisfy the wishes of 
 the population, and to prevent the return of the complications which shall have caused the war and which
 constantly endanger the peace of Europe, by constituting, if the outcome of the war permits it, a Kingdom
 of Upper Italy of about eleven million inhabitants.

 ARTICLE 3.
 In the name of the same principle, the Duchy of Savoy and the Province of Nice shall be reunited with France.

 ARTICLE 4.
 Whatever the course of events caused by the war may be, it is expressly stipulated, in the interests of the Catholic
 Religion, that the Sovereignty of the Pope shall be maintained.

 ARTICLE 5.
 The costs of the War shall be met by the Kingdom of Upper Italy.

 ARTICLE 6.
 The High Contracting Parties place themselves under the obligation not to accept any overture nor any proposal tending to
 bring hostilities to an end without having previously deliberated upon them together.