COMPRIS SWP7.3

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• COMPRIS SWP7.3
• Supporting tools for users to understand the
  basic principles of RIS
• Presentation-module
• RIS Implementation Status
• Mario Kaufmann / Mario Sattler
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Presentation Agenda

• RIS Directive
• Master Plan IRIS
• IRIS Harmonised Implementation of RIS in Europe
• Status of RIS Summary
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RIS Directive Overview

• Agenda
• RIS Directive
• Master Plan IRIS
• IRIS
• Status of RIS Summary

• Policy Context
• Justification for the Directive
• Aims of the Directive
• Content of the Directive
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

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RIS Directive Policy Context

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• The RIS Directive contains binding rules for
  onboard equipment and electronic data exchange as
  well as the minimum requirements for future RIS
  implementations

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RIS Directive Policy Context

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• Given the positive contribution of inland
  navigation to the achievement of transport policy
  objectives as highlighted by the White Paper, the
  development of RIS is reflected upon in European
  policies and is as well strongly supported by
  international bodies and institutions.
• Decision N 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament
  and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community
  guidelines for the development of the
  trans-European transport network states that the
  inland waterway network and inland ports shall
  include the traffic management infrastructure.
• The Declaration of European Ministers of
  Transport signed in Rotterdam in September 2001
  calls upon Member and Accession States to
  implement pan-European River Information Services
  by the year 2005.
• The development of RIS is also recognised and
  fostered by the River Commissions as well as by
  the International Association for Navigation
  (PIANC), which compiled RIS Guidelines on the
  basis of the results of different European
  research and development projects. These RIS
  Guidelines 2002 were updated in the year 2004 and
  formally adopted by the Central Commission for
  the Navigation on the Rhine in March 2004.

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RIS Directive Justification

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• Many existing RIS applications have been
  developed independently of each other. There is
  therefore a clear danger of an emerging patchwork
  of miscellaneous RIS applications. This is not
  desirable from a European policy point of view,
  or from the point of view of the inland waterways
  transport sector itself. This leads to a strong
  demand for further co-ordination and
  harmonisation at a joint level.
• Applications need to be interoperable and
  compatible at national as well as European level
  to allow for continuous cross-border traffic
  without technical obstacles. Accordingly, data
  exchange and communication need to be harmonised
  at European level in order to facilitate the
  interoperability of the entire system
  (applications, technologies etc.).
• The decisions of the River Commissions are not
  binding and are regionally limited. Apart from
  the European Union there is no institution which
  can establish the (technical) framework
  conditions for successful European implementation
  of RIS.

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RIS Directive Aims

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• The Directive aims at a Europe-wide framework for
  the implementation of the RIS concept in order to
  ensure compatibility and interoperability between
  current and new RIS systems at European level and
  to achieve effective interaction between
  different information services on waterways. By
  this means, European suppliers of equipment will
  be encouraged to produce hardware and software
  for RIS at reasonable and affordable costs and to
  perceive European RIS technology as a market
  opportunity.
• In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity,
  the use of a (framework) directive is considered
  to be the most appropriate form to achieve the
  intended purpose. The technical details and
  standards for the implementation, however, will
  be adopted by the Commission in cooperation with
  the Member States by means of a committee
  procedure.

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RIS Directive Content (1/2)

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• The purpose of the proposed Directive is to
  establish a framework for a harmonised and
  interoperable development and deployment of River
  Information Services on all Community inland
  waterways of Class IV or higher in order to
  improve the safety, security, and efficiency of
  traffic and transport operations. It will also
  apply to inland ports as defined in the framework
  of the TEN with at least 500.000 tonnes freight
  volume per year. (Article 1 and 2)
• The Directive is addressed to the Member States.
  However, Member States without navigable inland
  waters are not obliged to apply the provisions of
  this Directive. (Article 2)
• Article 3 sets out the definitions applicable for
  the purposes of this Directive.
• Article 4 lays down the obligation for Member
  States to take the necessary measures to
  implement River Information Services and sets the
  principles for their development. It identifies
  the different types of potential River
  Information Services and defines the specific
  obligations of the Member States as regards the
  provision of data necessary for the execution of
  the voyage, the provision of electronic
  navigational charts and of notices to skippers as
  well as the capability of the competent
  authorities to receive electronic ship reports on
  the vessel and cargo. These obligations are
  further specified in the technical Annex to the
  Directive.
• In principle, the Directive does not oblige
  private users, boat masters and ship operators to
  install the equipment necessary for participating
  in RIS. However, Member States must take
  appropriate measures to encourage users (boat
  masters, operators, vessel agents, shippers,
  cargo owners) and vessels to comply with the
  reporting procedures and equipment requirements
  implied by this Directive. (Article 4 6)

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RIS Directive Content (2/2)

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• Article 5 recalls that in order to ensure
  harmonised and interoperable implementation of
  RIS, guidelines and technical specifications need
  to be established. The principles for the
  guidelines and technical specifications are
  further described in the Annex to the Directive.
• In Article 6, the use of satellite positioning
  technologies is stipulated for the purpose of
  RIS.
• Article 7 stipulates further that as far as the
  safety of navigation is concerned, equipment and
  software applications shall be certified for
  compliance by national bodies to be notified by
  the Member States. Member States shall further
  designate and notify the competent authority(ies)
  for RIS.
• Article 9 refers to the rules on privacy and
  security as well as the re-use of information.
• Article 10 sets out the procedures for amending
  the technical annex.
• Article 11 provides the basis for the RIS
  Committee. In adopting the necessary decisions,
  the Commission will be assisted by the Committee
  composed of representatives of the Member States.
  In particular, the Committee will assist the
  Commission in defining the technical
  specifications and details for the implementation
  of the services.
• In its transitional provisions, Article 12
  provides for a graduated transition period for
  the implementation of the Directive. In
  principle, Member States must implement the
  requirements set out in Article 4 not later than
  24 months after the entry into force of the
  technical guidelines and the relevant
  specifications.
• Article 13 sets the date for the entry into force
  of the Directive.

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RIS Directive Minimum Requirements

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• The minimum requirements out of the RIS Directive
  are mentioned in Article 4, clause 4
• In order to set up RIS, Member States shall
• (a) supply to RIS users all relevant data
  concerning navigation on the inland waterways
  referred to in Article 2. These data shall be
  provided at least in an accessible electronic
  format (Network Data)
• (b) ensure that for all European Inland Waterways
  of class Va and above in accordance with the
  Classification of European Inland Waterways, in
  addition to the data referred to in point (a),
  electronic navigational charts suitable for
  navigational purposes are available to RIS users
• (c) enable, as far as ship reporting is required
  by national or international regulations, the
  competent authorities to receive electronic ship
  reports on the voyage and cargo data of ships. In
  cross-border transport, this information shall be
  transmitted to the competent authorities of the
  neighbouring state before arrival of the vessels
  at the border
• (d) ensure that notices to skippers, including
  water level and ice reports of their inland
  waterways, are provided as standardised, encoded
  and downloadable messages. The standardised
  message shall contain at least the information
  necessary for safe navigation. The notices to
  skippers shall be provided at least in an
  accessible electronic format

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RIS Directive Additional Services

• RIS Directive
• Policy Context
• Justification
• Aims
• Content
• Minimum Requirements
• Additional Services

• Additional Services out of the RIS Directive are
  mentioned in Article 4, clause 2
• RIS shall comprise services such as
• (a) Fairway Information
• (b) Traffic Information
• Tactical traffic information
• Strategic traffic information
• (c) Traffic Management
• Local traffic management (VTS)
• Navigational support
• Lock and Bridge management
• (d) Calamity Abatement Support
• (e) Information for Transport Management
• Voyage planning
• Transport Management
• Intermodal port and terminal management
• Cargo and fleet management
• (f) Statistics and customs services

For more detailed information concerning the RIS
Services please see the presentation module
RIS-Services
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Master Plan IRIS Overview

• Agenda
• RIS Directive
• Master Plan IRIS
• IRIS
• Status of RIS Summary

• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

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Master Plan IRIS Context

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• Setting up a Europe wide platform supporting
  comprehensive and harmonised implementation of
  RIS based on the RIS Directive of the European
  Union and providing financial subsidy from TEN-T

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Master Plan IRIS Introduction

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• The Master Plan IRIS deals with the Development
  of a Master Plan for the Implementation of River
  Information Services in Europe
• Duration May 2004 June 2005
• The development of a Master Plan is the first
  step in the implementation of River Information
  Services in Europe, intended to determine the
  size and contents of this project. The Dutch
  Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water
  Management (VW) and the Austrian Ministry of
  Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) have
  agreed to share the work into two sub-studies
• VW is responsible for the Sub-study for the
  Rhine-Seine Region including short sea links and
  isolated waterway systems
• DE, FR, BE, LU, NL, PL, GB, IE, EE, LV, LT
• ES, PT and IT will be contacted for participation
• MT, GR and CY will not be contacted
• BMVIT is responsible for the Sub-study for the
  Danube Region
• AT, HU, SK, HR, CS, BG, RO, MD, UA, CZ
• Close co-operation with German Danube is ensured
• The Dutch Ministry submits the joint proposal and
  acts as overall project manager

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Master Plan IRIS Principles

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• General objective consolidated applications for
  RIS implementation all over Europe
• Allowed national projects must at least fulfil
  minimum requirements of RIS Directive in test
  section(s)
• Additional services as foreseen in RIS Directive
  and related RIS guidelines (CCNR, PIANC 2004) are
  welcome
• Specific treatment of candidate and third
  countries

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Master Plan IRIS Objectives

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• Setting up a Europe wide platform supporting
  comprehensive and harmonised implementation of
  RIS based on the RIS Directive of the European
  Union and providing financial subsidy from TEN-T
• The overall objective of the Master Plan IRIS is
  the preparation for coordinated implementation of
  RIS on the basis of the RIS Framework Directive
  to increase safety and efficiency of transport on
  the European inland waterways of class IV and
  higher.
• The objectives of the resulting Master Plan on
  coordinated deployment of the RIS Framework
  Directive at regional, national and pan-European
  level are the definition and agreement with the
  relevant authorities on
• Strategies for RIS Implementation
• RIS Services to be implemented and operated
• Organisations for implementation and operation of
  RIS
• Legislation related to RIS
• Time and Financial Plan for implementation of RIS

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Master Plan IRIS Content

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• Inventory of RIS in operation for each member
  state
• Inventory of RIS elements that are conform
  standards and that are not conform standards
• Annual plans for RIS projects in the member
  states conform national for every financial year
  between 2005 and 2010
• Annual plans for RIS projects in non member
  states, but who are part of the Danube Region
• International plan for coordinated implementation
• Proposal for international organisation structure
  for implementation

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Master Plan IRIS Organisational Structure

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

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Master Plan IRIS Advisory bodies

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
  (CCNR)
• Danube Commission (DC)
• Inland Navigation Europe (INE)
• European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP)
• European Barge Union (EBU)
• European Shippers Organisation (ESO)
• PIANC Working Group 24 (WG24)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
  (UN/ECE)
• In future
• International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO)

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Master Plan IRIS Steps

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

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Master Plan IRIS Work Breakdown Structure

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

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Master Plan IRIS Expected Results

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• Inventory of RIS activities in each participating
  state
• Complete inventory of national and international
  implementation projects
• Basis for support from the TEN-T programme
• Roadmap for the implementation of RIS
• Proposal for national RIS projects targeting the
  implementation of RIS Directive and additional
  RIS service
• ? NATIONAL WORKPLANS
• IRIS Phase I June 2005 December 2006
• IRIS Phase II 2007 2009/2010
• Fields of required co-operation for harmonised
  implementation and further developments of RIS
• ? INTERNATIONAL WORKPLAN
• Identification of interfaces to other transport
  modes in particular short-sea and maritime
  transport
• ? INTERMODAL ASPECTS

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Master Plan IRIS Benefits

• Master Plan IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Principles
• Objectives
• Content
• Organisational Structure
• Advisory Bodies
• Steps
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Expected Results
• Benefits

• The development of a Master Plan for the
  Implementation of River Information Services in
  Europe will result in several benefits
• At European level
• Preparation of the fulfilment of European
  transport policy objectives as defined in the
  White Book on European Transport Policy for 2010
  - Time to Decide and by the High Level Group on
  TEN and thus making Europe the first continent
  with River Information Services in operation.
• Assistance to the competent waterway authorities
  in translation of the RIS Framework Directive
  into national policy.
• Assistance to the competent waterway authorities
  in coordinated deployment of the RIS Framework
  Directive (important for countries, where a
  river forms a border e.g. between Bulgaria and
  Romania).
• Information exchange among leading waterway
  authorities, who have been involved in European
  research work for the last 8 years and knowledge
  transfer to the followers.
• Ensuring that the RIS Framework Directive is
  implemented in Candidate (e.g. Bulgaria and
  Romania) and Third (e.g. Serbia and Montenegro,
  Ukraine, Croatia) Countries in coherence with the
  EU Member States.
• At national level
• Existence of neutral coordination platform for
  deployment of RIS Framework Directive.
• Smooth, supported and coordinated deployment of
  the RIS Framework Directive in each country.
• Enhanced access to European funding, especially
  in Candidate and Third Countries.

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IRIS Overview

• Agenda
• RIS Directive
• Master Plan IRIS
• IRIS
• Status of RIS Summary

• Context
• Implementation of RIS in Europe (IRIS)
  Introduction
• Harmonised Implementation of RIS in Europe
  Foreseen Organisational Structure

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Implementation of RIS in Europe - Context

• IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Foreseen Organisational Structure

• IRIS will be THE implementation project
  (platform) for RIS in Europe

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Implementation of RIS in Europe (IRIS)
Introduction

• IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Foreseen Organisational Structure

• IRIS aims to be the platform for implementation
  projects of RIS in Europe within the TEN-T
  programme (2007 2013).
• IRIS aims at
• Implementing the 4 minimum requirements according
  to the RIS Directive in Europe
• Provide relevant data concerning navigation on
  the inland waterways in an accessible electronic
  format (Network Data)
• Ensure that electronic navigational charts for
  all European Inland Waterways of class Va and
  above are available to RIS users
• Provide electronic ship reporting the competent
  authorities are able to receive electronic ship
  reports on the voyage and cargo data of ships
• Ensure that notices to skippers, including water
  level and ice reports of their inland waterways,
  are provided as standardised, encoded and
  downloadable messages in an accessible electronic
  format
• and additional services and applications as
  Fairway Information, Traffic Information,
  Traffic Management, Calamity Abatement
  Support, Information for Transport Management,
  Statistics and customs services, Waterway
  charges and port dues
• Providing a platform for other RIS relevant
  developments

For more detailed information concerning the RIS
Services please see the presentation module
RIS-Services
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Harmonised Implementation of RIS in Europe
Foreseen Organisational Structure

• IRIS
• Context
• Introduction
• Foreseen Organisational Structure

• The following Organisational Structure was
  elaborated within the IRIS Masterplan

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Status of RIS Summary (1/2)

• Agenda
• RIS Directive
• Master Plan IRIS
• IRIS
• Status of RIS Summary

• The fast development of River Information
  Services in the last decade showed that the
  inland waterway system has made maximum use of
  the opportunities offered by new communication
  technologies such as mobile communication,
  web-based applications, and satellite
  communication. Through RIS, the inland waterway
  sector will be able to make a quantum leap
  forward inland navigation is linking up with
  modern logistics management, navigation has
  become even more efficient. The young history of
  RIS has convincingly showed that RIS is no longer
  just a theoretical and promising concept. On the
  contrary, RIS applications are ready for
  implementation and bring immediate benefits in
  real-life operations.
• Harmonisation and coordination are a core
  requirement for the further implementation of RIS
  at the pan-European level. Only through the
  creation of compatible systems, will the inland
  waterway sector and subsequently society as a
  whole be capable of reaping the full benefits
  of RIS. Technical harmonisation of RIS is pursued
  within the various research programmes and not
  least by the RIS Directive and its technical
  annexes.

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Status of RIS Summary (2/2)

• Agenda
• RIS Directive
• Master Plan IRIS
• IRIS
• Status of RIS Summary

• Another major issue will be to enhance awareness
  and acceptance of River Information Services
  among a broad range of potential users. Such
  acceptance is needed to create economies of scale
  and a critical mass. Every new user will lead to
  lower average system costs and more synergies
  between various applications and services.
  Therefore, efforts need to be made in order to
  raise awareness on the opportunities of RIS.
• A main policy instrument to promote harmonisation
  and acceptance is formed by the Masterplan for
  Implementation of RIS in Europe (IRIS), which
  will provide a framework for the coordinated
  implementation of RIS in Europe based on the RIS
  Directive. The Masterplan IRIS is a study
  co-funded within the TEN-T programme which will
  work out proposals for financial measures and
  work plans to support the realisation of RIS in
  different European countries. The results of the
  Masterplan IRIS will then need to be followed up
  by a full-scale infrastructure project within the
  TEN-T framework fostering the RIS implementation
  in Europe (IRIS).

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Annex

• Rotterdam Declaration
• White Paper
• Harmonised Implementation of RIS in Europe
  Foreseen Organisational Structure
• Master Plan IRIS Work Breakdown Structure

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Rotterdam Declaration

• Declaration on conference of transport ministers
  5th/6th September, 2001 Rotterdam
• ...to invite governments concerned to establish
  a Pan-European River Information Service (RIS) by
  the year 2005, based on standards to be drawn up
  in the framework of the European Union, UN/ECE
  and the two River Commissions, since river
  information service contribute to safer and more
  efficient inland waterway transport...
• For more information please see
  Presentation-Module
• RIS in general / RIS Environment / Policy
  Statements / Declaration of the Pan-European
  Conference of Ministers of Transport

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White Paper

• White Paper on European Transport Policy for 2010
  / Chapter II Linking up the modes of Transport
• Inland waterway transportation needs to be made
  more reliable, efficient and accessibly by
  installing highly efficient navigational aid and
  communication systems on the inland waterway
  network
• For more information please see
  Presentation-Module
• RIS in general / RIS Environment / Policy
  Statements / White paper of the European
  Commission

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