Act on property relations of federal waterways. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1951 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Inland waters Navigation Governance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Act lays down provisions relating to property issues of federal waterways. In particular, article 1 establishes that the former Reich waterways (inland and sea waterways) shall become with effect from 24th May 1949 federal waterways owned by the federal government. At the same time the federal government shall be the owner of all other property rights having belonged to the German Reich. The text consists of 11 articles. Full text German Website www.bgbl.de