Agreement concerning the maintenance, restoration and operation of the section of the Moselle common to the two States.

This Agreement concerning the maintenance, restoration and operation of the section of the Moselle common to the two States declares that the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be responsible for the maintenance and restoration of the weirs and locks on the Grevenmacher and Palzem reaches. It shall maintain and restore the river sections common to the two States upstream and downstream of the structures and maintain, restore and operate the navigation signals emplaced in those sections of the river, unless provision is made for other regulations in the following articles. The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall be responsible for the maintenance, restoration and operation of navigation signals mounted on bridges. Maintenance of the weirs and locks shall include the upkeep of the piers and gates of the weirs, the lock chambers and heads, with their gates, and the related operating and control equipment, all operational structures, navigation signals mounted on the weirs and locks, and similar installations. These installations shall also include the outports and bank stabilization works, structures situated at the junction of natural watercourses discharging into the outports, and jetties and mooring posts as far as boundaries to be fixed by agreement between the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties. These boundaries shall include the outermost mooring facilities. Maintenance of the river sections upstream and downstream of the weirs and locks shall include maintaining in the water bodies, to the foot of the banks, of conditions conducive to a satisfactory flow of water and maintaining the navigability of the navigation channel and berths, including access to them, provided by the two administrations for major waterway traffic. The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg shall be responsible for the operation of the weirs and locks. Operation shall include the day-to-day maintenance of the installations, such as lubrication and similar work, and the repair of minor breakdowns and damage.