Guidelines for Waterway Signs and Marking (Resolution No. 59) – Amendments' proposal SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February 2011

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February Content Existing international regulation in Europe Goals of the revision Main changes Proposal for further actions

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February 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??????????

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February Goals of the revision Unification of the existing regulations for all main European waterways To set up more specific minimum requirements User friendly document

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February 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

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February 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

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February 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)

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February 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

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February Codes of the marking signs with the same size (120x100 cm) A.1. white strip 2.5cm: A.1. C.5. E.1. Sava commission

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February Danube Commission

SC.3/WP.3 38th Session, Geneva, February Thank you for your attention!!! Željko Milković