The Regulation of boatmaster's licence for the Rhine (Rhine Patent)


settles the requirements to be met by crewmen who want to steer a vessel on the Rhine. After having finished a training on board of an inland navigation vessel up to four years they have to take an examination.

Structure of the Regulation for the Issuance of Boatmaster's Rhine Patent

  1. General
    definitions, types of patentes, fields of application
  2. Requirements for the issuance of a patent
   
  • great /small patent
  • sport patent / patent for authority vessels
  • proof of the sailing time / knowledge of stretches
  3. Procedure of license and examination
   
  • examination commission
  • application / licence / examination
  • exemptions / facilitations
  4. Checking and revocation of patents
   
  • checking of the fitness
  • revocation of the patent
  5. Transitory provisions
     
Annexes
  A. Model of the Rhine Patent and substitute document
  B. Fitness / ability and models of medical certificate
  C. Programm of examination
Guidelines to the Authorities
  Nb. 1 to 5 (explanations to apply the regulation)

After having passed the examination the applicant is issued the Rhine Patent entiteling him to steer a vessel on the Rhine („driving licence“). This Rhine Patent is withdrawn in case of serious infringements.

The authorities of the member states of the CCNR issue some 550 to 600 Rhine Patents per year on average and they extend the validity of about 400 patents.
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