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Safe and efficient river transport: river information services
Safe and efficient river transport: river information services
SUMMARY OF:
Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on the EU’s inland waterways
WHAT DOES THIS DIRECTIVE DO?
It establishes rules on the use of harmonised river information services (RIS)*. These rules are designed to ensure the safety, efficiency and environmental friendliness of inland waterways in the EU. They apply to canals, rivers, lakes and ports able to take vessels between 1,000 and 1,500 tonnes.
KEY POINTS
Action programme
In 2006, the Commission presented a communication on an integrated EU action programme for inland waterway transport. Known as Naiades (Navigation and inland waterway action and development in Europe), the programme was updated in 2013 (Naiades II) and set out specific objectives up to 2020. The Commission’s Naiades II communication aims to create the conditions for inland navigation transport to become a quality mode of transport.
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
It entered into force on 20 October 2005. EU countries had to incorporate it in their national law by 20 October 2007.
BACKGROUND
KEY TERMS
* River information services (RIS): these support inland navigation traffic and transport management and, where feasible, coordination with other forms of transport.
ACT
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, pp. 152–159)
Successive amendments and corrections to Directive 2005/44/EC have been incorporated in the basic text. This consolidated version is for reference purposes only.
last update 25.07.2016