Exhibit 99.1  Declaration by the Board of Management and
Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG pursuant to Section 161 of the
German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) regarding the German Corporate
Governance Code in effect as of June 12,
2006*  Section 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. Shareholders must be
given permanent access to such declaration.  The German Corporate Governance Code (Code)
contains rules with varying binding effects. 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 period from December 2005 until July 24,
2006, the following declaration refers to the Code in effect as of June 2,
2005. For the corporate governance practice of DaimlerChrysler AG since July 25,
2006, this declaration refers to the requirements of the Code in effect as of
June 12, 2006, published in the electronic Federal Gazette on July 24, 2006.  The Board of Management and the Supervisory
Board of DaimlerChrysler AG declare that both the recommendations and the
suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code Government Commission have
been and are being met. The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board also
intend to follow the recommendations and suggestions of the German Corporate
Governance Code in the future. The following recommendations and suggestions
are the only ones that have not been or are not being applied:  
 * Convenience translation. The German text is
legally binding


I.Deviations
from the Recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code  1.Deductible
with the D&O insurance (Code Clause 3.8, Paragraph 2)  The Directors and Officers Liability
(D&O) insurance obtained by DaimlerChrysler AG  excludes coverage for intentional acts and
omissions or for breaches of duty knowingly committed by members of the Board
of Management and the Supervisory Board. As a result, the question of whether
or not a deductible is advisable arises only in the context of negligent
breaches of duty.  We do not believe that it is advisable to have
a deductible for cases of negligence by members of the Supervisory Board because
it would impede the companys ability to staff its Supervisory Board with
prominent members of the community from Germany and abroad who have extensive
business experience. Qualified candidates would be deterred by having to accept
far-reaching liability risks for potential negligence. The fact that a
deductible is fairly unusual in other countries makes this even more of a
problem.  The D&O insurance of DaimlerChrysler AG does
provide for a deductible for cases of ordinary or gross negligence by members
of the Board of Management. Moreover, in cases of gross negligence, the
Presidential Committee of the Supervisory Board which is responsible for the
Board of Management members service contracts may agree to make a percentage
deduction from the variable portion of the compensation of the member of the
Board of Management concerned. In terms of its overall financial result, this would
be the same as an additional 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.Individualized reporting of Board
of Management compensation (Code Clause 4.2.4 in effect as of June 2, 2005)  The compensation for
the Board of Management for the 2005 fiscal year has been reported in the
aggregate on the basis of fixed and variable elements and components with a
long-term incentive effect. For the 2006 fiscal year, the compensation will be
published on an individual basis.  2


3.Compensation
of the Supervisory Board (Code Clause 5.4.7, Paragraph 2, Sentence 1)  The Supervisory Board
receives adequate compensation that contains fixed and function-related
elements, where applicable, as well as attendance fees. The Articles of
Incorporation provide for a base annual fee for each Member of the Supervisory
Board. This base annual fee increases with the exercise of further tasks within
the Supervisory Board, as taking the Chair or the Deputy Chair of the
Supervisory Board or the Chair of Supervisory Board Committees according to the
respective field of duty. We believe that a function-related compensation
system is also more appropriate for the oversight role of Supervisory Board
members than a performance-related pay system because it eliminates any
potential conflicting interests that might arise from decisions of the
Supervisory Board with possible influence on performance criteria. Thus the
Supervisory Board does not receive performance-related compensation.  II.Deviations from the Suggestions of the German
Corporate Governance Code  1.Broadcast
of the Annual Meeting (Code Clause 2.3.4)  The Annual Meeting of
DaimlerChrysler AG is broadcast on the internet through the end of the Board of
Managements report. Continuing the broadcast after this point, particularly
broadcasting comments made by individual shareholders, could be construed as
interfering with privacy rights. For this reason the company will not broadcast
the entire Annual Meeting.  2.Variable
compensation of the Supervisory Board relating to the companys long-term
success (Code Clause 5.4.7 Paragraph 2, Sentence 2)  We refer to the
comments on I. 3. with regard to the introduction of performance-related
compensation.  Stuttgart, in December 2006  3


The Board of Management
  
  The Supervisory Board  4