European Commission of the Danube

European Commission of the Danube, Commission Européenne du Danube

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Founded: 1856
Sources: HB 1929, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Commission meeting in ordinary or extraordinary plenary sessions; Executive Committee. President: each of the Government Representatives in turn. These are at present: (HB 1929) Les Gouvernements des pays suivants : Royaume-Uni, France, Italie et Roumanie. Direction : Commission siégeant en sessions plénières ordinaires ou extraordinaires; Comité exécutif. Bureau : Président : Chacun des représentants de gouvernement à tour de rôle, par ordre alphabétique. (HB 1936)

John Grey Baldwin Representative 1929-1936
Eug. Bonachi Substitute Members (Member) 1929-1938
Constantin Contzesco Representative 1929
Representative of Romania
Victor de Lacroix Representative 1929-1936
G. B. Dolfini Substitute Members (Member) 1929-1936
Douglas W. Keane Representative 1936
A. Mammalella Substitute Members (Member) 1936
Cyril Marriott Substitute Members (Member) 1936
G. Mouille Substitute Members (Member) 1929
Francis Rey Secretary General 1929-1938
L. M. Robinson Substitute Members (Member) 1929-1936
Carlo Rossetti Representative 1929-1936
Jean du Sault Substitute Members (Member) 1936-1938 / Representative 1938
Etienne Thilly Secretary General 1938
G. Macchioro Vivalba Representative 1936

Seats

Galatz: Romania

Members in these countries

The Governments of the following countries:
France (since 1929) , Italy (since 1929) , Romania (since 1929) , United Kingdom (since 1929) ,

Object

To ensure the navigability of the mouths of the Danube. (HB 1929) Assurer la navigabilité des bouches du Danube. (HB 1936)

Finances

Sources of income: navigation dues; annual expenditure varies considerably; in 1927 it was 5,998,575 gold francs. (HB 1929) Sources de revenus : droits de navigation; dépenses annuelles en 1934 : 3.329.308 francs-or. (HB 1936) Sources of income : navigation dues ; Receipts in 1936: 3,835,234 gold francs ; Expenditure in 1936: 2,686,690 gold francs. (HB 1938)

General facts

Set up by the Treaty of Paris of March 30th, 1856, confirmed by the Treaties of Peace which put an end to the war of 1914-1918, and by the Convention of Paris instituting the Statute of the Danube, dated July 23rd, 1921. (HB 1929) Créée par le Traité de Paris du 30 mars 1856, confirmée par les traités de paix qui ont mis fin à la guerre de 1914-1918 et par la Convention de Paris, en date du 23 juillet 1921, instituant le statut du Danube. (HB 1936) Set up by the Treaty of Paris of March 30th, 1856, confirmed by the Treaties of Peace which put end to the war of 1914-1918, and by the Convention of Paris instituting the Statute of the Danube, dated July 23rd, 1921. Acts in complete independence of territorial authority. Its competence extends from Braila to the sea, jurisdiction over the sector Galatz-Braila forming the subject of a modus vivendi dated June 25th, 1933. ' Flag: Red, white, blue, white and red horizontal stripes, the blue stripe double in width with the letters C.E.D. in white. (HB 1938)

Publications

A Review of the European Commission of the Danube. (HB 1929) Publications officielles : Revue de la Commission européenne du Danube. « La Commission européenne du Danube et son œuvre de 1856 à 1931 », Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1931. (Publié par la Commission européenne du Danube à l'occasion du soixante-quinzième anniversaire de sa fondation.) (HB 1936) "La Commission Europeenne du Danube et son ceuvre de 1856 AI93I "> Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1931 (published by the European Commission of the Danube on the seventy-fifth anniversary of its foundation). Bulletin of the European Commission of the Danube (fortnightly, except during the winter). Statistics of Shipping at the mouths of the Danube (annually). (HB 1938)

Activities

Maintenance of navigability of the lower Danube and its mouths, lighting and buoyage of the navigable channel, pilotage, regulation of navigation, policing of the river and exercise of jurisdiction over infringments, administration of the port of Sulina, tonnage measurement of vessels and collection of dues, upkeep of the two hospitals at Sulina. Publication of annual statistics of shipping at the mouths of the Danube. (HB 1929) Entretien de la navigabilité du cours inférieur et des bouches du Danube, éclairage et balisage du chenal navigable, pilotage, réglementation de la navigation, police fluviale et exercice de la juridiction dans les cas d'infraction aux règlements, administration du port de Sulina, jaugeage des navires et perception des droits, entretien des deux hôpitaux de Sulina. Publication de statistiques annuelles de la navigation aux bouches du Danube. (HB 1936)