Rehabilitation and Development Working Group

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Serbia Montenegro
586 rkm of the waterway from Belgrad up to Sisak
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Rijeka
Serbia Montenegro
Ploce
Connection between Adriatic and Central and
Eastern Europe
Future canal Dunav-Sava (connecting Vukovar and
Šamac)
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History of the navigation

• In the middle of the XVIII century almost 50
  shipsoperated on the Sava river
• First passanger line Sisak Zemun started in
  1844
• About 15 mil. T in 1990
• Activities were stopped duringthe war
• Navigation is reopened on certain parts of the
  waterway on local level.

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Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin
(FASBR)

• Signed on 03rd December 2002 in Slovenia
• Parties Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and
  Herzegovina,Serbia and Montenegro
• Entered into force on 29th December 2004
• International Sava River Basin Commission(Sava
  Commission) - implementation of the Agreement
• Seat of the Sava Commission Zagreb
• First sesion of the International Commission for
  the Sava River Basin 27. 29. June 2005.

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Objectives of the Agreement

• Establishment of an international regime of
  navigation on the Sava River and its navigable
  tributaries
• Establishment of sustainable water management
• Undertaking of measures to prevent or limit
  hazards, and reduce and eliminate adverse
  consequences(floods, ice hazards, droughts and
  incidents involving substances hazardous to
  water).

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Tasks and competencies of the Sava Commission
(Navigation)

• Make decisions in order to provide conditions
  for safe navigation on the River Sava and its
  tributaries, inter alia, by
• Adopting the plan on marking, maintenance and
  development of navigable waterways
• Adopting the unified rules of navigation, taking
  into account specific conditions of certain parts
  of the navigable waterways
• Adopting the technical rules concerning inland
  navigation vessels and rules on obtaining the
  boatmaster certificates
• Establishing the River Information Service.

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Navigation-Former status

• Until 1991 national waterway of SFRJ (navigation
  only under the flag of SFRJ)
• After 1991 there was no unique navigation regime
  on the Sava river.

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Navigation regime under the FASRB

• Navigation is open for merchant vessels of any
  state
• Merchant vessels are free to enter the ports
• The Parties shall undertake measures to maintain
  the waterway
• Decisions of the Sava Commission shall be binding
  upon all the Parties.

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Present navigational conditions

• Lack of the proper maintenance of the waterway
• Insufficient marking of the waterway
• Low level of the navigation safety.

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Rehabilitation and development of navigation

• Aims are to
• Restore waterway to the level of navigability
  before 1990
• Develop and improve waterway up to class IV
• Develop and improve waterway up to class V.

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Secretariat

• Started to operate on 09th January 2006
• Secretary Mr. Dejan Komatina, dr. sci.
• Adress Nova Ves 11, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail isrbc_at_savacommission.org.

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Thank you for your attention!!!
Željko Milkovic