Declaration on effective waterway infrastructure maintenance on the Danube and its navigable tributaries.

The Republic of Austria, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the Federal Republic of Germany, Hungary, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, the Slovak Republic with a view to the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region and the White Paper 2011 "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area” have agreed to ensure the execution of the regular fairway maintenance work on the Danube and its tributaries providing financial means and applying sustainable and effective methods of river training works as well as deploying adequate equipment (e.g.: signalling equipment, surveying vessels, water gauges and aids to navigation) and highly skilled personnel for: a) Surveying of the fairway on a regular basis; b) Effective methods of dredging of the fairway in shallow sections to ensure a good navigation status; c) Signalling of the fairway.