Inland Waterway Vessels Safety Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 59, 28 December 2008, pp. 2450-2460. Long titleOrdinance on the safety of inland waterway vessels. Subject Water Keyword Navigation Inland waters Classification/declassification Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2006/87/EC of 12 December 2006 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels. The Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the safety of inland waterway vessels. Article 1 deals with the technical requirements to be met by vessels.The text consists of 20 articles divided into 4 chapters as follows: General provisions (1); Proceedings (2); Implementation (3); Transitional and final provisions (4). Full text German Website www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Implements Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2006/87/EC laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC. Legislation | European Union | 2006 Keyword: Navigation, Inland waters, Classification/declassification, Access-to-information, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX