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Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community
Consolidated text: Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community
Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community
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DIRECTIVE 2005/44/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (OJ L 255 30.9.2005, p. 152) |
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REGULATION (EC) No 219/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2009 |
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REGULATION (EU) 2019/1243 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 June 2019 |
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DIRECTIVE 2005/44/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 7 September 2005
on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community
Article 1
Subject matter
Article 2
Scope
Article 3
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
‘river information services (RIS)’ means the harmonised information services to support traffic and transport management in inland navigation, including, wherever technically feasible, interfaces with other transport modes. RIS do not deal with internal commercial activities between one or more of the involved companies, but are open for interfacing with commercial activities. RIS comprise services such as fairway information, traffic information, traffic management, calamity abatement support, information for transport management, statistics and customs services and waterway charges and port dues;
‘fairway information’ means geographical, hydrological, and administrative information regarding the waterway (fairway). Fairway Information is one-way information: shore to ship or shore to office;
‘tactical traffic information’ means the information affecting immediate navigation decisions in the actual traffic situation and the close geographic surroundings;
‘strategic traffic information’ means the information affecting the medium and long-term decisions of RIS users;
‘RIS application’ means the provision of river information services through dedicated systems;
‘RIS centre’, means the place where the services are managed by operators;
‘RIS users’ means all different user groups including boat masters, RIS operators, lock and/or bridge operators, waterway authorities, port and terminal operators, operators in calamity centres of emergency services, fleet managers, cargo shippers and freight brokers;
‘interoperability’ means that services, data contents, data exchange formats and frequencies are harmonised in such a way that RIS users have access to the same services and information on a European level.
Article 4
Setting-up of RIS
In order to set up RIS, Member States shall:
supply to RIS users all relevant data concerning navigation and voyage planning on inland waterways. These data shall be provided at least in an accessible electronic format;
ensure that for all their inland waterways of class Va and above in accordance with the Classification of European Inland Waterways, in addition to the data referred to in point (a), electronic navigational charts suitable for navigational purposes are available to RIS users;
enable, as far as ship reporting is required by national or international regulations, the competent authorities to receive electronic ship reports of the required data from ships. In cross-border transport, this information shall be transmitted to the competent authorities of the neighbouring State and any such transmission shall be completed before arrival of the vessels at the border;
ensure that notices to skippers, including water level (or maximum allowable draught) and ice reports of their inland waterways, are provided as standardised, encoded and downloadable messages. The standardised message shall contain at least the information necessary for safe navigation. The notices to skippers shall be provided at least in an accessible electronic format.
The obligations referred to in this paragraph shall be fulfilled in compliance with the specifications defined in Annexes I and II.
Article 5
Technical guidelines and specifications
In order to support RIS and to ensure the interoperability of these services as required by Article 4(2), the Commission shall define in accordance with paragraph 2 technical guidelines for the planning, implementation and operational use of the services (RIS guidelines) as well as technical specifications in particular in the following areas:
electronic chart display and information system for inland navigation (inland ECDIS);
electronic ship reporting;
notices to skippers;
vessel tracking and tracing systems;
compatibility of the equipment necessary for the use of RIS.
These guidelines and specifications shall be based on the technical principles set out in Annex II and shall take account of work carried out in this field by relevant international organisations.
The technical guidelines and specifications referred to in paragraph 1 shall be established and, when appropriate, amended by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11(3). The establishment shall be carried out in accordance with the following time-table:
the RIS guidelines by 20 July 2006,
the technical specifications regarding the inland ECDIS, the electronic ship reporting and the notices to skippers by 20 October 2006,
the technical specifications regarding the vessel tracking and tracing systems by 20 January 2007.
Article 6
Satellite positioning
For the purpose of RIS, for which exact positioning is required, the use of satellite positioning technologies is recommended.
Article 7
Type-approval of RIS equipment
Article 8
Competent authorities
Member States shall designate competent authorities for the RIS application and for the international exchange of data. These authorities shall be notified to the Commission.
Article 9
Rules on privacy, security and the re-use of information
Article 10
Amendments to Annexes I and II
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a amending Annexes I and II in the light of the experience gained from the application of this Directive and in order to adapt those Annexes to technical progress.
Article 10a
Exercise of the delegation
Article 11
Committee procedure
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.
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Article 12
Transposition
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
Article 13
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 14
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States which have inland waterways falling within the scope of Article 2.
ANNEX I
MINIMUM DATA REQUIREMENTS
As referred to in Article 4(3)(a), in particular the following data shall be supplied:
ANNEX II
PRINCIPLES FOR RIS GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
1. RIS Guidelines
The RIS guidelines referred to in Article 5 shall respect the following principles:
the indication of technical requirements for the planning, implementing and operational use of services and related systems;
the RIS architecture and organisation; and
recommendations for vessels to participate in RIS, for individual services and for the stepwise development of RIS.
2. Inland ECDIS
The technical specifications to be established in accordance with Article 5 for an electronic chart display and information system (inland ECDIS) shall respect the following principles:
compatibility with the maritime ECDIS in order to facilitate traffic of inland vessels in mixed traffic zones of the estuaries and sea-river traffic;
the definition of minimum requirements for inland ECDIS equipment as well as the minimum content of electronic navigational charts with a view to the safety of navigation, in particular:
the integration of depth information on the fairway in the electronic navigational chart and display to a predefined or the actual water level;
the integration of additional information (e.g. of other parties than the competent authorities) in the electronic navigational chart and display in the inland ECDIS without affecting the information that is needed for safe navigation;
the availability of electronic navigational charts to RIS users;
the availability of the data for electronic navigational charts to all manufacturers of applications, when appropriate against a reasonable cost-related charge.
3. Electronic ship reporting
The technical specifications for electronic ship reporting in inland navigation in accordance with Article 5 shall respect the following principles:
the facilitation of the electronic data exchange between the competent authorities of the Member States, between participants in inland as well as maritime navigation and in multi-modal transport where inland navigation is involved;
the use of a standardised transport notification message for ship-to-authority, authority-to-ship and authority-to-authority messaging in order to obtain compatibility with maritime navigation;
the use of internationally accepted code lists and classifications, possibly complemented for additional inland navigation needs;
the use of a unique European vessel identification number.
4. Notices to skippers
The technical specifications for notices to skippers in accordance with Article 5, in particular regarding fairway information, traffic information and management as well as voyage planning, shall respect the following principles:
a standardised data structure using predefined text modules and encoded to a high extent in order to enable automatic translation of the most important content into other languages and to facilitate the integration of notices to skippers into voyage planning systems;
the compatibility of the standardised data structure with the data structure of inland ECDIS to facilitate integration of notices to skippers in inland ECDIS.
5. Vessel tracking and tracing systems
The technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems in accordance with Article 5 shall respect the following principles:
the definition of the requirements concerning systems and of standard messages as well as procedures so that they can be provided in an automated way;
the differentiation between systems suited to requirements of tactical traffic information and systems suited to requirements of strategic traffic information, both with regard to positioning accuracy and required update rate;
the description of the relevant technical systems for vessel tracking and tracing such as Inland AIS (inland automatic identification system);
compatibility of data formats with the maritime AIS system.
( 1 ) OJ L 185, 6.7.2001, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 90.
( 3 ) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 373, 31.12.1991, p. 29.