# Council Directive 96/50/EC of 23 July 1996 on the harmonization of the conditions for obtaining national boatmasters' certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway in the Community, Division 1: Navigation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) Exact knowledge of the traffic regulations of inland waterways, particularly of ECIW (European code for inland waterways), including nautical signing (designation and buoying of waterways);
(b) Knowledge of the general geographical, hydrological, meteorological and morphological characteristics of the main inland waterways;
(c) Determination of the course, nautical printed matters and publications, buoyage systems.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/50/annex/II/part/2/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-50/annex-II/part-2/division-1
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