For the purposes of this Directive, the Classification of European Inland Waterways set out in UNECE Resolution No 30 of 12 November 1992 shall apply.

to further develop national policies to stimulate inland waterway transport, taking into account the European Action Programme, and to encourage regional, local and port authorities and industries to do likewise; to strive for providing sufficient financial resources and incentives for the targeted implementation of the proposed measures, in particular through cost-effective national schemes for the support of inland navigation; to establish promotion centres for inland waterway transport and to provide appropriate political, practi ...[+++]cal and financial support from administrations and the inland navigation sector to safeguard support services on a continuous basis; to appoint national focal points according to the objectives of the European Action Programme in order to provide advice concerning legal requirements and administrative procedures; to contribute to the creation of a common framework for education and training standards, both regarding personnel on board - in particular focusing on managerial, technological, linguistic and nautical knowledge - as well as regarding the logistic chain through the integration of knowledge on inland navigation in logistics education programmes; to screen national and regional legislation for administrative and procedural requirements, which may constitute an unnecessary and inappropriate burden for the development of inland waterway transport; to develop spatial planning and economic policies at federal, regional and local levels to encourage waterside sites for logistics purposes; to actively pursue inland waterway transport and infrastructure projects that promote viable inland waterway transport services, including those projects interlinking Member States and supported by Community programmes such as TEN-T; to consider how national programmes and projects can contribute to the European Development Plan for improvement and maintenance of inland waterway infrastructure the Commission intends to create; to contribute ...

to create favourable conditions for services by fostering entrepreneurship and by improving the administrative and regulatory framework in order to attract new markets; to stimulate fleet modernisation and innovation, thus improving the logistics efficiency as well as the environmental and the safety performance of inland waterway transport; to promote jobs and skills by attracting workforce and by investing in human capital; to improve image and co-operation by promoting inland waterway transport as a successful partner in business by setting up and expanding the European inland waterway transport promotion and development network and by monitoring the t ...[+++]rends and developments within the inland waterway transport market; to provide adequate infrastructure by improving the multi-modal network and by implementing River Information Services on those inland waterways within the scope of Directive 2005/44/EC.

1. This Directive applies to the implementation and operation of RIS on all inland waterways of the Member States of class IV and above which are linked by a waterway of class IV or above to a waterway of class IV or above of another Member State, including the ports on such waterways as referred to in Decision No 1346/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 amending Decision No 1692/96/EC as regards seaports, inland ports and intermodal terminals as well as project No 8 in Annex III (7).

2. Member States may apply this Directive to inland waterways and inland ports not referred to in paragraph 1.

7 (a) Construction of lines for long-distance railway traffic and of airports [2] with a basic runway length of 2 100 m or more (b) Construction of motorways and express roads [3] (c) Construction of a new road of four or more lanes, or realignment and/or widening of an existing road of two lanes or less so as to provide four or more lanes, where such new road, or realigned and/or widened section of road would be 10 km or more in a ...[+++] continuous length. 8 (a) Inland waterways and ports for inland-waterway traffic which permit the passage of vessels of over 1 350 tonnes; (b) Trading ports, piers for loading and unloading connected to land and outside ports (excluding ferry piers) which can take vessels of over 1 350 tonnes 9.