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We give a relation between two theories of improper intersections, of Tworzewski and of Stückrad-Vogel, for the case of algebraic curves. Given two arbitrary quasiprojective curves V₁,V₂, the intersection cycle V₁ ∙ V₂ in the sense of Tworzewski turns out to be the rational part of the Vogel cycle v(V₁,V₂). We also give short proofs of two known effective formulae for the intersection cycle V₁ ∙ V₂ in terms of local parametrizations of the curves.