Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin.

The Parties shall cooperate to establish an international regime of navigation on the Sava River and its navigable tributaries, to establish sustainable water management, and to undertake measures to prevent or limit hazards, and reduce and eliminate adverse consequences, including those from floods, ice hazards, droughts and incidents involving substances hazardous to water. Provisions of Part II set out general principles of cooperation, such as the obligation to cooperate with national and international bodies, the principle of reasonable and equitable utilization of the waters, the No Harm rule, and cooperation on transboundary impact. Part III specifies the areas of cooperation between the Parties such as a regime for navigation, sustainable water management and the establishment of a Sava River Basin Management Plan. The Parties shall establish a coordinated or joint system of measures, activities, warnings and alarms in the Sava River Basin for extraordinary impacts on the water regime. Part IV defines mechanism of cooperation, e.g. meetings of the Parties and the International Sava River Basin Commission, established under this Agreement. Functions of the Commission are set out in section 16. The Parties agree to establish a methodology of permanent monitoring of implementation of the Agreement and activities based upon it. Part V concerns dispute settlement. Annex 1 contains the State of the International Sava River Basin Commission.