Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community (c. 44)

ANNEX II PRINCIPLES FOR RIS GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

5. Vessel tracking and tracing systems

The technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems in accordance with Article 5 shall respect the following principles:

(a)

the definition of the requirements concerning systems and of standard messages as well as procedures so that they can be provided in an automated way;

(b)

the differentiation between systems suited to requirements of tactical traffic information and systems suited to requirements of strategic traffic information, both with regard to positioning accuracy and required update rate;

(c)

the description of the relevant technical systems for vessel tracking and tracing such as Inland AIS (inland automatic identification system);

(d)

compatibility of data formats with the maritime AIS system.