Council Decision (EU) 2015/1878 of 8 October 2015 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI) is on the Maritime & Shipping rulebook because its official title matches inland waterway. Source: EUR-Lex and European Parliament procedure file; company-specific applicability still depends on your activities. Methodology
Council Decision (EU) 2015/1878 of 8 October 2015 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI): what it means for Maritime & Shipping
The Council Decision (EU) 2015/1878 of 8 October 2015 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI) is part of the EU rulebook for maritime & shipping. Its subject matter covers inland waterway — core to the sector. Here’s what the act does, why it’s on your radar, and how to see whether it affects your specific company.
- Act
- 32015D1878
- Type
- Decision
- Stage
- Procedure completed
- Dated
- 2015-10-08
- Procedure
- 2014/0345(NLE)
- Lead committee
- JURI
What the act does
to authorise Austria, Belgium and Poland to ratify or to accede to, the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways ( CMNI). ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: The Union is working towards the establishment of a common judicial area based on the principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions. The Budapest Convention on the contract for the carriage of goods by inland waterways (CMNI) is a valuable instrument for promoting inland navigation across Europe. The Convention has…
Why it matters for Maritime & Shipping
Shipowners, operators and the waterborne-transport sector work under the EU's maritime framework — vessel safety, emissions and inland-waterway rules. These are the EU acts most likely to apply.
Council Decision (EU) 2015/1878 of 8 October 2015 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI) sits in that rulebook because its subject matter covers inland waterway. Whether — and how — it applies to a given business depends on that business’s activities, products and markets.
Does the Council Decision (EU) 2015/1878 of 8 October 2015 authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI) apply to your company?
This act’s scope covers:
- inland waterway
Does your business touch any of these?
The rest of the Maritime & Shipping rulebook
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- Regulation (EU) 2016/1035 on protection against injurious pricing of vessels (codification)32016R1035
- Council Decision (EU) 2015/1565 of 14 September 2015 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana32015D1565
- Regulation (EU) 2018/974 on statistics of goods transport by inland waterways (codification)32018R0974
- Directive (EU) 2022/993 on the minimum level of training of seafarers (codification) (codification)32022L0993
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Primary sources
The act’s summary is the European Parliament’s own procedure record; the sector connection is the act’s stated subject matter. Lex shows the law and the grounded connection — not legal advice. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU). Methodology.