Exhibit 99.1  Declaration by the Board of Management and Supervisory Board
of DaimlerChrysler AG pursuant to § 161 Joint Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
regarding to the German Corporate Governance Code in effect as of May 21, 2003  (convenience translation)  § 161
of the German Stock Corporation Act(AktG) requires the Board of Management and
the Supervisory Board of a listed stock corporation to declare each year that
the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code Government
Commission, published by the Federal Ministry of Justice in the official
section of the electronic Federal Gazette have been and are being met or, if
not, which recommendations have not been or are not being applied. This
declaration must be made available to shareholders at all times.  The
German Corporate Governance Code (Code) contains rules with varying binding
effect. Apart from outlining aspects of the current German Stock Corporation
Act, it contains recommendations from which companies are permitted to deviate.
However, if they do so, they must disclose this each year. The Code also
contains suggestions which can be ignored without giving rise to any disclosure
requirement.  The
Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG have
decided to disclose not only deviations from the Codes recommendations (see
I.) but also  without being legally obliged to do so  deviations from its
suggestions (see II.).  For the time period since December 2002 the
following declaration refers to the version of the Code in effect as of
November 7, 2002. With regard to the present and the future corporate
governance of DaimlerChrysler AG the following declaration refers to the
requirements of the Code in effect as of May 21, 2003.*  I.Recommendations  The Board of Management and the
Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG declare that the recommendations of the
German Corporate Governance Code Government Commission, published by the
Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the electronic Federal
Gazette, have been and are being met. The Board of Management and the
Supervisory Board also intend to follow the recommendations of the German
Corporate Governance Code in future. The following recommendations are the only
ones not been or being applied:  
 *   For
reasons of language simplicity, only the masculine gender is used in this text,
which form should be understood to include both male and female persons. 
   1.Clause 3.8 para. 2  If the company takes out a D&O
(directors and officers liability insurance) policy for the Board of
Management and the Supervisory Board, a suitable deductible shall be agreed in
accordance with clause 3.8 para. 2 of the Code.  The D&O insurance obtained by DaimlerChrysler AG for the Board of
Management and Supervisory Board does not provide any insurance cover for
intentional acts and omissions or for breaches of duty knowingly committed.  Insurance coverage is limited
to negligent breaches of duty by members of the Board of Management and
Supervisory Board, so that this is the only context in which the question of
the agreement of a deductible arises.  It is not advisable to agree a
deductible for negligence on the part of the members of the Supervisory Board.
DaimlerChrysler AG endeavors to staff its Supervisory Board with prominent
members of the community from Germany and abroad who have extensive business
experience, and the company may be impeded in this aim if members of its
Supervisory Board have to accept far-reaching liability risks for potential
negligence. The fact that a deductible is still fairly unusual in other
countries makes this even more of a problem.  Nor does the D&O insurance
of DaimlerChrysler AG envisage any deductible for ordinary or gross negligence
on the part of members of the Board of Management. In cases of a grossly
negligent breach of duty by a member of the Board of Management, the
Presidential Committee of the Supervisory Board, which is responsible for Board
of Management service contracts, may agree to make a percentage deduction from
the variable portion of the remuneration of the member of the Board of
Management concerned. In terms of its economic result, this is the same as a
deductible. In the view of DaimlerChrysler AG this rule enables individual
cases to be judged more fairly on their merits than the blanket approach of the
Code.  2.Clause
4.2.4  Clause 4.2.4
states that the compensation paid to members of the Board of Management shall
be reported individually in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.  The former suggestion to report the compensation paid to the members of
the Board of Management on an individual basis has become a recommendation in
the revised version of the code in effect as of Mai 21, 2003. The remuneration
of the members of the Board of Management has been and will be reported, broken
down into fixed and variable elements and into components with a long-term
incentive effect. This  
   information is crucial for assessing whether the division of such
compensation between fixed and performance-related components is appropriate
and whether the structure of such compensation provides adequate incentives for
the Board of Management. Since the Board of Management operates according to
the principle of collective responsibility, the decisive factor is the incentives
provided for the Board of Management as a whole, and not for its single
members. In addition, there is a risk that listing these figures separately
will lead to a leveling of performance-related and task-related differences in
pay. Thus, the compensation of the Board of Management will not be reported
individually.  3.Clause 4.3.5  Clause 4.3.5 of the Code states that Members
of the Board of Management may only take on side line activities, in particular
Supervisory Board mandates outside the enterprise, with the approval of the
Supervisory Board.  For reasons of
practicality relating to the way in which the Supervisory Board works, such
consent has been and will be granted not by the entire Board but by the
Chairman of the Supervisory Board. For the same reason, such approval is
required only in cases where the additional activity is a paid position (but
not, for example, for honorary positions on advisory boards or boards of
governors). The Presidential Committee will be informed about decisions of the
Chairman of the Supervisory Board accordingly.  4.Clause 5.4.5  Clause 5.4.5
para. 2 of the Code states that members of the Supervisory Board shall receive
performance-related as well as fixed compensation.  The decision on a proposal for a corresponding amendment of the
articles of association in order to include a performance-related pay element
in the compensation of the members of the Supervisory Board will be made at a
later point of time.  Clause 5.4.5 para. 3 of the Code states that
the compensation of the members of the Supervisory Board shall be reported
individually in the notes of the Consolidated Financial Statements, subdivided
according to components. Further the Code states that payments made by the
enterprise to members of the Supervisory Board or advantages granted for
services provided individually, in particular advisory or agency services,
shall be listed separately in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.  Individual information will each be given from fiscal 2004 on. In 2004
the new shareholder representatives will be elected to the Supervisory Board.
For this reason  
   it seems appropriate to carry out the separate listing from this point
in time, and until then, to present a summarized account for all members of the
Supervisory Board.  5.Clause 7.1.4  Clause 7.1.4
of the Code requires the company to publish a list of third party companies
stating among other things the operating results for the last financial year.  The operating results of these
companies for the past financial year have so far not been published. However,
as the publication regarding third party companies shall refer exclusively to
non-consolidated companies the results will in future be published for
additional information.  II.Suggestions  The Board of Management and the
Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG declare that the suggestions of the
German Corporate Governance Code Government Commission, published by the
Federal Ministry of Justice in the official section of the electronic Federal Gazette,
have been and are being met. The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board
also intend to follow the suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code
in future. The following suggestions are the only ones not been or being
applied:  1.Clause 2.3.3  Clause 2.3.3
of the Code requires the Board of Management to appoint a representative to
ensure that the shareholders voting right is exercised in accordance with the
shareholders instructions; this representative should also be reachable during
the General Meeting.  As explained below with regard
to clause 2.3.4 of the Code, also in future the company does not intend to
broadcast its entire General Meeting on the internet. Generally there will
therefore be no need to contact the companys voting rights representative
during the General Meeting. Furthermore, there is a possibility of technical
problems in trying to ensure the availability of such a representative using
the communication media currently available.  2.Clause 2.3.4  Clause 2.3.4
of the Code states that the company should make it possible for shareholders to
follow the General Meeting using modern communication media (e.g. internet).  The General Meeting will be
broadcast on the internet until the end of the Board of Managements report. To
continue the broadcast after this point, in particular to  
   broadcast the comments of
individual shareholders, could be construed as interfering with the
shareholders privacy rights. For this reason the company has decided not to
broadcast the entire meeting.  3.Clause 5.2  Clause 5.2 of
the Code states that the Chairman of the Supervisory Board should not chair the
Audit Committee.  The Chairman of the Supervisory
Board currently chairs the Audit Committee. To avoid a reallocation of
responsibilities during the current term of office of the Supervisory Board,
the Chairman of the Supervisory Board will continue to chair the Audit Committee
until the new shareholders Supervisory Board representatives are elected in
fiscal 2004. Subsequently, the Supervisory Board will again decide on the
matter.  4.Clause 5.4.4  Clause 5.4.4
of the Code states that the ability to meet changing requirements can be
achieved by structuring the Supervisory Board so that members can be elected or
re-elected at different times and for differing periods of office.  The company intends to
introduce differing terms of office when the new shareholders representatives
are elected to the Supervisory Board in 2004, because to do otherwise would
require intervention in existing appointments.  5.Clause 5.4.5  Clause 5.4.5
para. 2 of the Code states that performance-related remuneration of the
Supervisory Board members should also contain components based on the long-term
performance of the enterprise.  The decision on a performance-related
pay element to the members of the Supervisory Board will be made at a later
point of time.  Stuttgart, in December 2003  The Board of Management       The Supervisory Board