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Waterways Traffic Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 248, 12 August 2005, 80 pp.
Long title
Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Traffic, Innovation and Technology on traffic on waterways.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Navigation Equipment Hazardous substances Harbour Waterworks
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Basin
Danube
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on the day following its promulgation.
Abstract

The provisions of the present Ordinance apply to navigation on the Danube, including the Vienna Danube Canal, as well as to the rivers March, Enns and Traun with all its affluents, canals, ports and infrastructures except for the waters listed in Annex 2. The text consists of 60 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: Sphere of application (1); Basic regulations for the navigation on the Danube (2); Additional regulations for navigation on Austrian waterways (3); Regulations for navigation in boarder areas(4); Special provisions for one lane waterways (5); Harbour regulations (6); Locked passages (7); Penalties and final provisions (8).

Full text
German
Website
www.ris.bka.gv.at

References - Legislation

Repeals

Waterways Ordinance.

Legislation | Austria | 1993

Keyword: Navigation, Equipment, Hazardous substances, Harbour, Waterworks

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Ordinance amending the Waterways Traffic Ordinance.

Legislation | Austria | 2006

Keyword: Inland waters, Navigation, Hazardous substances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Waterways Traffic Ordinance.

Legislation | Austria | 2011 (2017)

Keyword: Navigation, Equipment, Hazardous substances, Harbour, Waterworks

Source: FAO, FAOLEX