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Waterways Traffic Ordinance.

Country
Type of law
Regulation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
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Abstract
The provisions of the present Ordinance apply to navigation on the Danube, including the Vienna Danube Canal, as well as to the rivers March, Enns and Traun with all its affluents, canals, ports and infrastructures except for the waters listed in Annex 2. The text consists of 60 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: Sphere of application (1); Basic regulations for the navigation on the Danube (2); Additional regulations for navigation on Austrian waterways (3); Regulations for navigation in boarder areas(4); Special provisions for one lane waterways (5); Harbour regulations (6); Locked passages (7); Penalties and final provisions (8).
Long title of text
Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Traffic, Innovation and Technology on traffic on waterways.
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on the day following its promulgation.
Notes
The present Ordinance is consolidated as of 42/2011.The Annexes are not available.
Repealed
Yes
Serial Imprint
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 248, 12 August 2005, 80 pp.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Verordnung des Bundesministers für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend eine Wasserstraßen-Verkehrsordnung (WVO).
Repeals
Repealed by