European Inland Waterways Regulations

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The European Inland Waterways Regulations (abbreviated CEVNI for French Code Européen des Voies de la Navigation Intérieure , also English European Code for Inland Waterways ) is part of the European shipping law for inland waterways .

Within the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE) was established in 1956 a working group on inland waterways. The aim of the text published in 1962 is to standardize the regulations for inland waterways of the countries. The CEVNI contains rules for behavior on ships ( seamanship ), license plates and draft indicators of the vehicles, lights , sound signals , radio and navigation , driving and anchor rules, signaling and reporting obligations as well as regulations on environmental protection . The publication appears in English, French and Russian, the official languages ​​of the UNECE. In 1987, at the request of the DA-CH countries, a German version was published; the fourth edition in 2013 is also available in German, but the fifth edition in 2015 is not.

The states are responsible for implementing the CEVNI in national law. They can issue different or additional rules in principle or on certain water bodies, but are requested to clearly point out the deviations. The work of the UNECE is of particular importance for traffic on cross-border rivers, which is coordinated by the Moselle Commission , Danube Commission , Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) and a commission on the Sava . The following UNECE states have based their national legislation on the CEVNI (as of 2017): Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany ( inland waterway regulations ), France, Lithuania, Luxembourg (only on the Moselle , expansion is being discussed), Republic of Moldova, Austria ( Waterway traffic regulations ), Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Hungary. The Netherlands and the ordinance on navigation on Swiss waters use the CCNR regulations on the Rhine, which are similar to the CEVNI. Poland's legislation is based on an earlier version of the CEVNI. In Russia there are even greater deviations from the CEVNI, but an attempt at harmonization. In Finland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, there is no transposition into national law, although some of the regulations are the same. The situation in Belarus is unknown.

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  1. ↑ United Nations , Economic Commission for Europe : ECE 1947–1987 . United Nations 1987, ISBN 9-2111-6390-0 , p. 71.
  2. ↑ a b United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Inland Transport Committee, Working Party on Inland Water Transport: CEVNI - European Code for Inland Waterways , fifth editon, United Nations 2015, ISBN 978-ö92-1-117090-0, p. Vi .
  3. ↑ Economic Commission for Europe , Inland Transport Committee, Inland Waterways Working Group: European Inland Waterways Regulations , fourth revised edition, 2013, p.
  4. ↑ CEVNI - European Code for Inland Waterways (Rev.5). In: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. United Nations, June 2015, accessed March 18, 2020 .
  5. ↑ 2.3 CEVNI language versions . In: UNECE (Ed.): Implementation of CEVNI Revision 5 . Geneva 2018, ISBN 978-92-1363120-1 , pp. 13 , doi : 10.18356 / f336b786-en (English).
  6. ^ Marian Martin: The European Waterways: A User's Guide . A&C Black, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4729-0155-2 , p. 60 .
  7. ↑ Annex 1: Example for marking deviations from CEVNI in national regulations . In: Implementation of CEVNI Revision 5 . United Nations, April 2019, doi : 10.18356 / f336b786-en .
  8. ↑ 3.1 Hierarchy among UNECE, the European Union, CCNR, DC, MC and ISRBC . In: Implementation of CEVNI Revision 5 . United Nations, April 2019, doi : 10.18356 / f336b786-en .
  9. ↑ 4. Implementation of CEVNI by UNECE member states . In: Implementation of CEVNI Revision 5 . United Nations, April 2019, doi : 10.18356 / f336b786-en .