Protocol on the navigation regime to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River basin.

This Protocol on the navigation regime to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River basin declares that pursuant to the provisions referred to in Article 10, Paragraph 6 of the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Slovenia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have agreed as follows: Navigation on the Sava River from the river kilometer 0.00 to the river kilometer 586.00, on the Kolubara River from the river kilometer 0.00 to the river kilometer 5.00, on the Drina River from the river kilometer 0.00 to the river kilometer 15.00, on the Bosna River from the river kilometer 0.00 to the river kilometer 5.00, on the Vrbas River from the river kilometer 0.00 to the river kilometer 3.00, on the Una River from the river kilometer 0.00 to the river kilometer 15.00 and on the Kupa River from the river kilometer 0.00 to the river kilometer 5.00, shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin. Navigation on the rivers referred to in Article 1 of this Protocol shall be carried out in accordance with the Rules of Navigation to be determined by the International Sava River Basin Commission and the competent authorities of the Parties.
The Parties acknowledge equal status of all vessels in: a) payment of navigation and port fees, services and taxes; b) use of pilotage services; c) use of port equipment, anchorage sites, navigation locks and other vessel equipment for general use; d) loading and unloading vessels, embarking and disembarking persons; e) conducting all types of controls and issuing documents by the competent authorities; and f) furnishing vessels with fuel, lubricants, water and other supplies; g) discharging waste, wastewater and used mineral oils generated onboard vessels. The competent authorities of the Parties shall be in charge of customs, police and sanitary procedures and shall communicate the rules on these procedures to the Sava Commission which shall assist in their harmonization. This Protocol shall be concluded for an indefinite period of time.