Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine information
International organization
Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin(French) Zentralkommission für die Rheinschifffahrt(German) Centrale Commissie voor de Rijnvaart(Dutch)
Flag
Map of the Rhine running through member countries.
Abbreviation
CCNR
Formation
1815
Type
IGO
Headquarters
Palais du Rhin, Strasbourg (France)
Region served
Rhine basin
Membership
Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland
Main organ
Secretariat
Website
www.ccr-zkr.org
The Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR; French: Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin; German: Zentralkommission für die Rheinschifffahrt; Dutch: Centrale Commissie voor de Rijnvaart) is an international organisation with five member countries, whose function is to encourage European prosperity by guaranteeing a high level of security for navigation of the Rhine and environs. Founded in 1815, it is the world's oldest international organization still in operation.[1][2] It has been based in Strasbourg, France, since 1920. Lucia Luijten from the Netherlands has been its Secretary General since November 1, 2021.
^European Yearbook, volume XLII (1994) p. CCR1 at Google Books
^Klemann, Hein A.M.; Klemann, Hein A. M. (2017), "The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine, 1815-1914. Nineteenth Century European Integration.", The Rhine: A Transnational Economic History, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, pp. 31–68, doi:10.5771/9783845284736-31, ISBN 978-3-8487-4204-2, retrieved 2 August 2020
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