Rhine bordering state

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The states bordering the Rhine are the successor states to the signatories of the Rhine Navigation Act of 1831:

The responsible environment ministers represent these states at the Conference of Ministers of the Rhine . The previous Rhine ministerial conferences:

  • 1. RMK: 25./26. October 1972 in The Hague
  • 2nd RMK: 4th / 5th December 1973 in Bonn
  • 3rd RMK: April 1, 1976 in Paris
  • 4. RMK: 24./25. February 1977 in The Hague
  • 5. RMK:?
  • 6. RMK: November 17, 1981 in Paris
  • 7. RMK: December 19, 1986 in Rotterdam (as well as unscheduled on November 12, 1986 in Zurich / Glattbrugg due to the chemical disaster at Schweizerhalle )
  • 8. RMK: October 1, 1987 in Strasbourg
  • 9. RMK: 10./11. October 1988 in Bonn
  • 10. RMK: 29./30. November 1989 in Brussels
  • 11. RMK: December 8, 1994 in Bern
  • 12. RMK: January 22, 1998 in Rotterdam
  • 13. RMK: January 29, 2001 in Strasbourg
  • 14. RMK: October 18, 2007 in Bonn
  • 15th RMK: October 28, 2013 in Basel

The states bordering the Rhine have various instruments at their disposal to safeguard their common interests.

The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine in Strasbourg serves to uphold the principles guaranteed in the Mannheim Rhine Navigation Act of October 17, 1868: freedom of navigation, equal treatment of ships of all nations - exemption from fees and charges based solely on the fact of shipping - dismantling of natural or administrative obstacles to the freedom of navigation, maintenance of the fairway in a good and navigable condition.

The Rhine Shipping Courts are responsible for questions relating to shipping law. a. in Duisburg - Ruhrort and the Higher Rhine Court in Cologne .

The Rhine Commissions of the International Rhine Regulation are responsible for regulating the river bed.

The direct protection interests of the states bordering the Rhine are represented by the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) based in Koblenz . This international organization was founded in 1950 on the basis of an international agreement between the countries bordering the Rhine, Switzerland, Liechtenstein , Austria , France, Germany and the Netherlands as well as Luxembourg and the European Union .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jura.uni-mannheim.de
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ccr-zkr.org
  3. ↑ http://www.ccr-zkr.org/
  4. ↑ http://www.iksr.org