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The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) is an international organisation whose function is to encourage European prosperity by guaranteeing a high level of security for navigation of the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 and environs. It is the is the world's oldest extant international organisation.

Commission and its Secretariat is based in Strasbourg
Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
 (France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
), in Le Palais du Rhin
Palais du Rhin

The Palais du Rhin , former Kaiserpalast , is a building situated in the German section of Strasbourg, dominating the Place de la R?publique with its massive dome....
.






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The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) is an international organisation whose function is to encourage European prosperity by guaranteeing a high level of security for navigation of the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 and environs. It is the is the world's oldest extant international organisation.

Secretariat

The Commission and its Secretariat is based in Strasbourg
Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
 (France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
), in Le Palais du Rhin
Palais du Rhin

The Palais du Rhin , former Kaiserpalast , is a building situated in the German section of Strasbourg, dominating the Place de la R?publique with its massive dome....
. It has 18 staff members who deal with general management of the 50 meetings annually, external representation, administering social security for ship crews on the Rhine and functioning as the seat of the Rhine navigation tribunal.

History

Legally, the Commission's authority comes from agreements made at the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815....
, held in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
. The first meeting took place on August 15, 1816 in Mainz
Mainz

Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the Germany States of Germany of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was a politically important seat of the Prince-elector of Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman Empire fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine River and formed part of the northernmost frontier of th...
. In 1831 the Convention of Mainz was adopted, establishing a number of the first laws governing Rhine navigation. In 1861 the commission's seat was moved to Mannheim
Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in Germany. With 327,318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg after the capital Stuttgart....
, and on October 17, 1868, the Convention of Mannheim was agreed to.

This agreement still governs the principles of Rhine navigation today. Then, as now, the member states were Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, the The Netherlands, and Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  (The United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 was temporarily a member immediately after World War II, while Germany was under Allied occupation)

Shortly after the end of the First World War, in 1920, the commission's headquarters was moved to Strasbourg as a part of the Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaty at the end of World War I. It ended the declaration of war between German Empire and Allies of World War I....
. In 2003 the European Commission
European Commission

The European Commission is the executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Treaties of the European Union and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
 asked for the permission of the Council of Ministers
Council of the European Union

The Council of the European Union is the principal Institutions of the European Union in the European Union . It is often informally called the Council of Ministers or just the Council, the name used in the Treaties of the European Union; it is also called Consilium as a Latin-language compromise....
 to negotiate the adhesion of the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 to the regulations of the CCNR and the Commission of the Danube
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River

The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River is an international organisation consisting of 13 cooperating states and the European Union....
, especially given the prospective enlargement of the EU.

See also

  • International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
    International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River

    The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River is an international organisation consisting of 13 cooperating states and the European Union....
  • European Institutions in Strasbourg
    European Institutions in Strasbourg

    There are a range of European Institutions in Strasbourg , the oldest of which dates back to 1815. In all, there are more than twenty different institutions based in the Alsace city....


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