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The Danube Commission is concerned with the maintenance and improvement of navigation conditions of the Danube River, from its source in Germany to its outlets in Romania and Ukraine, leading to the Black Sea. It was established in 1948 by seven countries bordering the river, replacing previous commissions that had also included representatives of non-riparian powers. Its predecessor commissions were among the first attempts at internationalizing the police powers of sovereign states for a common cause. Members include representatives from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and Serbia. The commission dates to the Paris Conferences of 1856, which established for the first time an international regime to safeguard free navigation on the Danube, and of 1921, which resurrected the international regime after the First World War.〔(Danube Commission Web page )〕 ==Duties== The commission meets regularly twice a year. It also convenes groups of experts to consider items provided for in the commission's working plans. Its primary duties are: *Supervising the implementation of the international convention that set it up in 1948. *Preparing a general plan of the main works called for in the interest of navigation. *Consulting with and making recommendations to the special administrations charged with various stretches of the river and exchanging information with them. *Establishing a uniform system of traffic regulations on the whole navigable portion of the Danube and, taking into account the specific conditions of various sections of the river, laying down the basic provisions governing navigation on the Danube, including those governing a pilot service. *Unifying the regulations governing river, customs and sanitary inspection. *Harmonizing regulations on inland navigation with the European Union and with the Central Commission for the Navigation on the Rhine. *Coordinating the activity of hydro-meteorological services on the Danube and publishing short-term and long-term hydrologic forecasts for the river. *Collecting statistical data on aspects of navigation on the Danube within the commission's competence. *Publishing reference works, sailing directions, nautical charts and atlases for purposes of navigation.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Danube Commission (1948)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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