Regional Arrangement concerning the Radiotelephone Service on Inland Waterways
This regional Arrangement was signed in Basel on 6 April 2000. The following countries, chiefly Rhine and Danube countries, signed the Arrangement: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The delegates of the Administrations of the above-mentioned countries, willing to implement common safety principles and rules for people and goods on Inland Waterways, considering that the harmonisation of the radiotelephone service shall contribute to a safer navigation on Inland Waterways, particularly in case of bad weather conditions, have met in accordance with Article S6 of the Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to adopt the following provisions.
On 16 November 2003 this regional arrangement was changed in a number of places. Below you will find the main points of this Arrangement. The changes made on 16 November 2003 are in italics.
Chapter I: Terminology
Chapter II: General provisions for the operation of the service
- Administrative provisions for ship stations
- Use of frequencies
- Operational and technical requirements of the radio equipment on board ships
- Operating procedures
Chapter III: Application of the Arrangement
- Administrative Handling and Approval of the Arrangement
- Execution of the Arrangement
- Accession to the Arrangement
- Revision of the Arrangement
- Modification of the Annexes
- Denunciation of the Arrangement
- Coordination of frequency assignments
- Notification of this Arrangement to the ITU
Chapter IV: Final Provisions
Contracting administrations
- Annex 1 Administrative provisions for ship stations
- Annex 2 Tables of channels, transmitting frequencies, effective radiated power (ERP), output power (OP) and service categories for Inland Waterways
table 1: addition footnotes s) and t) concerning use of DSC
table 2: addition footnote d) use of UHF channels
point 3.2: output power for portable VHF-equipment
- Annex 3 Operational and technical requirements of the equipment
addition footnote f) concerning use of DSC
removal of point 3.4
- Annex 4 Provisions concerning the operating procedures
- Annex 5 Provisions for the acquisition, issue and mutual recognition of operator's certificates for the operation of ship station
modification in text concerning exam certificates
- Annex 6 (new) - Ships identification database
- Recommendation No 4 (new): addition - about harmonised examination syllabus
This Arrangement replaces the Regional Arrangement concerning the Radiotelephone Service on Inland Waterways from 1 August 2000 and 25 January 1996.