It contained an agreement to work together to a satisfactory arrangement in the Holy Roman Empire, which at the time was in the process of putting into effect the terms of the Treaty of Lunéville of 9 February 1801 through the a Reichsdeputation.
France and Russia declared it their intent to find a "just equilibrium between the Houses of Austria and Brandenburg", that is, between the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollern.
[2] Since the Tsar Alexander I was related to the rulers of Baden, Bavaria and Württemberg, First Consul Napoléon Bonaparte agreed to increase to their power to counterbalance the Habsburgs of Austria and Hohenzollerns of Prussia.
Shortly before the peace with Russia, France signed a preliminary agreement with the United Kingdom in London on 1 October.
[5] Between the two Franco-Russian agreements, France signed a preliminary peace with the Ottoman Empire in Paris on 9 October.