Convention for the Protection of the Rhine
The basis of international cooperation to protect the Rhine within the ICPR is the Convention for the Protection of the Rhine (PDF 35kB).It was signed by representatives of the governments of the five Rhine bordering countries France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland and the European Community on 12 April 1999th Thus they reaffirmed formally, the wealth of the Rhine and its banks and floodplains future to protect through enhanced cooperation.
Among other objectives , especially the preservation, improvement and is sustainable development of the Rhine ecosystem at the heart of the Convention. This goal has been agreed in the context that the Rhine, a major European shipping route is and will continue to different uses to serve.
The restoration of the Rhine is gaining in terms of preserving and improving the North Sea a more international dimension.
The Convention signed in 1999 replaces the Berne Treaty of 1963 and the Chemical Convention of 1976 and is the business and financial regulation (PDF 54kB) ICPR supplemented. The cooperation of the ICPR with the Coordinating Committee Rhine, in which all states of the Rhine catchment are represented is, in its own business and financial rules governed.
The international office for the implementation of the Convention is the international secretariat of the ICPR in Koblenz, Germany.
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activity reports
(14. 09. 2016)
organization
The Chair of the Commission replaced every three years. Once a year, coinciding with the Coordinating Committee Rhine plenary takes place. (24 08 2016)
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