Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2006-108 (Year: 2006, Number: 108)
Era: 2004-2010
Section: 
Paragraph Index: 71

b) Op er a tional min i mum re quire ments for C-E wa ter ways C-E wa ter ways should meet the fol low ing es sen tial op er a tional cri te ria in or der to be able to en sure re li able in ter na tional traffic: (i) Through traf fic should be en sured through out the nav i ga tion pe riod, with the ex cep tion of the breaks men tioned below; (ii) The nav i ga tion pe riod may be shorter than 365 days only in re gions with se vere cli ma tic con di tions, where the main tain ing of chan nels free of ice in the win ter sea son is not pos si ble and a win ter break is there fore nec es sary. In these cases, dates should be fixed for the open ing and clo sure of nav i ga tion. The du ra tion of breaks in the nav i ga tion pe riod caused by nat u ral phe nom ena such as ice, floods, etc. should be kept to a min i mum by ap pro pri ate technical and organisational measures; (iii) The du ra tion of breaks in the nav i ga tion pe riod for reg u lar main te nance of locks and other hy drau lic works should be kept to a min i mum. Us ers of a wa ter way where main te nance work is planned should be kept in formed of the dates and du ra tion of the en vis aged break in nav i ga tion. In cases of un fore seen fail ure of locks or other hy drau lic fa cil i ties, or other force ma jeure, the du ra tion of breaks should be kept as lim ited as pos si ble us ing all ap pro pri ate measures to remedy the situation; (iv) No breaks shall be ad mis si ble dur ing low wa ter pe ri ods. A rea son able lim i ta tion of ad mis si ble draught may nev er the less be al lowed on wa ter ways with fluc tu at ing wa ter lev els. How ever, a min i mum draught of 1.20 m should be en sured at all times, with the rec om mended or char ac ter is tic draught be ing en sured or ex ceeded for 240 days per year. In re gions re ferred to in sub para graph (ii) above, the min i mum draught of 1.20 m should be en sured for 60% of the navigation period on average; (v) Op er at ing hours of locks, mov able bridges and other in fra struc ture works shall be such that round-the-clock (24-hour) nav i ga tion can be en sured on work ing days, if eco nom i cally fea si ble. In spe cific cases, ex cep tions may be al lowed due to or gani sa tional and/or tech ni cal rea sons. Rea son able hours of nav i ga tion should also be en sured dur ing holidays and at weekends.

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