Inland waterways order
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Title: | Inland waterways order |
Abbreviation: | BinSchStrO |
Type: | Federal Ordinance |
Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
Issued on the basis of: | §§ 3, 3e BinSchAufgG , §§ 24, 27, 46 WaStrG |
Legal matter: |
Shipping law , water traffic law |
References : | 9501-57 |
Original version from: | December 19, 1954 ( BGBl. II pp. 1135, 1137 ) |
Entry into force on: | January 1, 1955 |
Last revision from: | December 16, 2011 ( BGBl. 2012 I p. 2 , ber.p. 1666 , p. 1717 ) |
Entry into force of the new version on: |
February 1, 2012 |
Last change by: |
Art. 5 Regulation of October 31, 2019 (Annex by Art. 6 amended) ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1518, 1520 ) |
Effective date of the last change: |
November 9, 2019 (Art. 13 of October 31, 2019) |
Please note the note on the applicable legal version. |
The Inland Waterways Ordinance (BinSchStrO) is part of German shipping law and is generally published as an annex to the Ordinance on the Introduction of the Inland Waterways Ordinance (BinSchStrEV) .
It applies to those listed in its waterways for inland navigation . Separate shipping regulations apply on the Rhine , Moselle , Danube and Lake Constance (e.g. the Lake Constance shipping regulations ). On parts of the Elbe ( Lower Elbe ), the Weser and Ems rivers near the mouth , and on the Kiel Canal , the shipping route regulations apply .
The BinSchStrO applies to all vehicles operated on it. Sports boats up to 20 m in length (small vehicles) usually have to avoid commercial shipping vehicles.
In the first part of the BinSchStrO, among other things, driving rules, equipment obligations and day and night signals for vehicles and waterways are laid down. The second part contains special provisions for 18 regional areas. B. specifically limit the dimensions of the vehicles and their draft or set maximum speeds. The third part of the Inland Waterways Regulations contains regulations on water protection and waste disposal.
The BinSchStrO is in great agreement with the European Inland Waterways Regulations (CEVNI).
Structure of the inland waterways order
First part
(Numbers represent the chapters)
- 1 - General provisions
- 2 - Vehicle identification and draft indicators; Ship calibration
- 3 - Name of the vehicles
- 4 - vehicle sound signals; Radiotelephony; radar
- 5 - Shipping sign and designation of the waterway, see picture table of inland shipping signs in Germany
- 6 - Driving rules
- 7 - Rules for resting
- 8 - Additional provisions
- 9 - passenger shipping
Part Two - Additional provisions for individual inland waterways
- 10 - Neckar
- 11 - Main
- 12 - Main-Danube Canal
- 13 - Lahn
- 14 - Rhine-Kleve shipping route
- 15 - North German canals
- 16 - Weser river area
- 17 - Elbe
- 18 - Ilmenau
- 19 - Elbe-Lübeck Canal and Canal Trave
- 20 - Saar
- 21 - Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße , Berlin and Brandenburg waterways
- 22 - Lower Havel Waterway and Havel Canal
- 23 - Havel-Oder waterway
- 24 - Obere Havel-Wasserstraße , Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße and Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße
- 25 - Saale and Saale-Leipzig Canal
- 26 - Border waters of the Oder , Westoder and Lusatian Neisse
- 27 - Peene and Warnow
Third part - environmental regulations
- 28 - Water protection and waste disposal on vehicles
Investments
- Appendix 1: (nationality code)
- Appendix 3: Designation of the vehicles
- Appendix 6: Sound signals
- Annex 7: Shipping signs, see illustration of the shipping signs in Germany
- Appendix 8: Designation of the waterway
- Appendix 10: Sample for the oil control book
- Annexes 2, 4, 5, 9 and 11: without content
Individual evidence
- ^ New version of the German Inland Navigation Police Ordinance of April 12, 1939 ( RGBl. II pp. 655, 657); Validity from July 1, 1939.
- ↑ Ordinance on the introduction of the inland waterways order (BinSchStrEV) .