Guidelines for Waterway Signs and Marking (Resolution No. 59) –

Amendments' proposal

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Content

• Existing international regulation in Europe

• Goals of the revision

• Main changes

• Proposal for further actions

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Existing international regulations in Europe

• UNECE Resolution 59 – Guidelines for waterway Signs and Marking, 2006

• Instruction on posting of the waterway signs on the Danube, 2006

• Rules for waterway marking on the Sava River Basin, 2007

• Any other??????????

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Goals of the revision

• Unification of the existing regulations for all main

European waterways

• To set up more specific minimum requirements

• User friendly document

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Main changes 1

• Chapter 1. – General− Obligation to post kilometer signs

• Chapter 2. – Requirements to be met by signs and marks and the plan for their installation

− Positioning taking into account current speed− Additional information in the installation plan

• Chapter 3. – Visibility of signs and lights− Formula for calculating signs dimension− Some specifics about dimensions of the figures in the signs− Minimum height of the lower rim of the signs− Intensity for color lights

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Main changes 2

• Chapter 4. – Installation of signs and marking in characteristic sections of the river

− Additional specifics about bank marks orientation− Additional specifics about cross-channel fairway signs

(examples of the some characteristic positioning)− Additional specifics about shallow water marking− Additional characteristic examples of marking of the sections

nearby the bridges

• Chapter 5. – Image display techniques− Examples are moved to the Annex

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Main changes 3

• Chapter 6. – Installation of radar reflectors on marking signs and signals

− No significant changes

• Appendix− More specific sketches and dimensions divided by the sign

type− Sketches can be presented not only for types but for each

sign specifically (Danube Commission)

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Proposal for further actions

• Decision on the concept (level of details, new concept of Appendix) – immediately???????????

• New draft based on the decision – as soon as possible

• Comments on the content – before the next Session of the WP.3

• Discussion on the next Session of the WP.3

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Codes of the marking signswith the same size (120x100 cm) A.1.

white strip 2.5cm:A.1.C.5.E.1.

Sava commission

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Danube Commission

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Thank you for your attention!!! Željko Milković